ISic002863: I.Sicily inscription 002863

ID
ISic002863
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Large stele with surfaces not very carefully polished, slightly chipped along the edges
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra del Monte Rosa)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 95 cmwidth: 43.5 cmdepth: 10 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 48-52 (alpha 40)mm
Line 2: 50 (sigma 52)mm
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 a covering slab in tomb 8 of enclosure 1.
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 12307
Autopsy
None
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Date

1st century BCE (Brea thinks second half, but this is circular arg. on basis of names) (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