ISic002710: I.Sicily inscription 002710

ID
ISic002710
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
Links
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Edition

S. Calderone, «Analecta epigraphica liparensia», Epigraphica 11 (1949): 49–60 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Calderone

Physical description

Support

Description
Described simply as 'una isrizione funderaria su pietra arenaria' by Calderone, so whether a block, cippus, plaque, or of some other form is unclear.
Object type
unknown
Material
sandstone
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 23 cmwidth: 29 cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text over six lines, approximately centred on the stone, and reducing in height.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tonnarella
Provenance found
Casual find some time before 1949 in the property of avv. G. Crisafulli, contrada Prestopaolo, between Tonnarella and Vigliatore, north of Messina/Palermo road, 700m from beach; remained in private hands / not reported since.
Map

Current location

Lost

Date

3rd or 4th century CE (?) (AD 201 – AD 400)
Evidence
lettering, textual-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

The text is otherwise unknown, published by Calderone on the basis of autopsy and with a photograph of a what appears to be a squeeze in the publication.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/10/2025