ISic002765: I.Sicily inscription 002765

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
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
ISic002765
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of I.Lipara;
  • line.2: Bernabo Brea-Cavalier: [ἀνέθηκ]αν or [ἐποίησ]αν

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 68 cmwidth: 77 cmdepth: 18 cm

Material

Description
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

note small open omega, broken bar alpha, standard sigma

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 40mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in excavation in 1979-1980 in trench XXXVI (prop. Zagami, Contr. Diana) in re-use in a Hebrew hypogeum, from a Hellenistic structure

Current location

Place
Lipari, Sicilia
Repository
Autopsy
in situ, prop. Zagami, inside hypogeum of 'recinto II', between tombs c and e

Date

Part of a structure 'di eta ellenistica', perhaps 3rd century BCE. (300 BC - 201 BC)
Evidence
lettering, archaeological-context

Text type

dedication

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/18/2025