ISic002837: I.Sicily inscription 002837

ID
ISic002837
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 2-3: Bernabò Brea - Cavalier: ΧΡΗCΤΑ ΙΑ ΧΑΙΡΕ ΑΙ. They note that the final two letters of lines 2 and 3 are different and much more uncertain writing, probably a trace of a previous erasure;
  • SEG: ΧΡΗΣΤΑ ΧΑΙΡΕ

Physical description

Support

Description
Upper part of stele, rather irregular and not very carefully polished, broken at the bottom and chipped on the front face
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 36 cmwidth: 38 cmdepth: 11 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 43-50 (omega 38)mm
Line 2: 45-58mm
Line 3: 40-56mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1984 in the excavation of trench XXXVI, zone M (Zagami property). It was reused in the E side of masonry tomb 2117
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 15178
Autopsy
None
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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