ISic002807: I.Sicily inscription 002807

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
ISic002807
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele with a very irregular base bulb, much more expanded. Chipped along the margins of the front and back faces
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (from Monte Giardina)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 58 cm, width: 32.5 cm, depth: 8.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
The inscription is between two irregular engraved guide lines
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Discovered in 1980 during the excavation of trench XXXVI, zone D (Zagami property). Reused as a cover plate for a masonry sarcophagus (no. 1865)
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 13839
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

3rd — 2nd century BCE (300 BC – 101 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/13/2023