ISic002812: I.Sicily inscription 002812

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
ISic002812
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, accurately squared and polished, with a high base bulb that is only rough. Slightly chipped on the front face and along the margins
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Serra)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 63 cm, width: 32.5 cm, depth: 9.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
The inscription is between two thin engraved guide lines
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 53-56mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Discovered in 1979 during the excavation of trench XXXVI, zone A (Zagami property). It was reused as the cover slab of masonry tomb 1800
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 13452
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

3rd — 1st century BCE (300 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context, lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/14/2023