ISic002783: I.Sicily inscription 002783

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
ISic002783
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele with smooth surfaces. The stele has been used twice as a funerary sema (same support as ), this the earlier text (that was partially erased, probably at time of reuse). At a late stage, probably in relation to its last reuse, the plate was cut at the bottom
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 34 cm, width: 34 cm, depth: 10 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
partly_illegible
Letter heights
Line 1: 40mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1981 in the excavation of the late Roman necropolis of trench XXXVI, zone H (Zagami property). Reused in sarcophagus 88
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 14218
Autopsy
None
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Date

3rd — 2nd century BCE (300 BC – 101 BC)
Evidence
lettering, archaeological-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/28/2022