ISic002836: I.Sicily inscription 002836

ID
ISic002836
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 1: SEG: ΕΥΜ<E>ΝΗΣ

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele with base shank for insertion in a plinth, with surfaces not very carefully polished. Missing top right corner.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 49 cmwidth: 38.5 cmdepth: 8.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
The inscription currently visible is related to the reuse of the stele: it is in fact placed within a lowered band, probably created to erase an older text.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 50-55mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1975 in the excavation of the late Roman necropolis of trench XXXVI (Zagami property). It was reused as the N head in tomb 2 wihtin the enclosure.
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 12301
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
6/25/2024