ISic002741: I.Sicily inscription 002741

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic002741
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary; magical
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Nenci

Physical description

Support

Description
A limestone block carefully worked along one edge with straight faces, and roughly worked for the rest.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 9.2 cm, width: 57 cm, depth: 12.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
The inscription is scratched along one of the well-worked faces.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 22-26mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Entella
Provenance found
Excavated in Necropolis A, tomb 79 in 1989

Current location

Place
Contessa Entellina, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico/Antiquarium Comunale di Entella , E3659
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Late 4th century BCE (350 BC – 300 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary; magical

commentary

Nenci observes that the letter forms reflect Elymian types. The 'informal' scratched form of the inscription leaves it uncertain what the status of this text might be in relation to the act of burial. An online edition is also available at https://saet.sns.it/it/antiquarium-giuseppe-nenci/iscrizione-graffita-e3659/.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/20/2023