ISic002821: I.Sicily inscription 002821

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
ISic002821
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 1: Ἀρετᾶςalternative reading, Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele with an only rough-hewn base bulb, slightly protruding at the front and on the sides. The surfaces are well-polished, except for the rear surface, which is rough and with signs of working. Slightly chipped on the margins.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 65.5 cmwidth: 42.1 cmdepth: 8 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 55-65mm
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 a masonry cover slab on tomb no 1800
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 13453
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st century BCE (100 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/20/2023