ISic002864: I.Sicily inscription 002864

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ID
ISic002864
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 1: Bernabò Brea - Cavalier: ΗΔΩ̣Ν̣ΗC; SEG: Ἡδω̣ν̣ῆς

Physical description

Support

Description
Large stele, well-squared, with smooth surfaces, except the rear one, left rough. The entire upper end is missing, perhaps related to its reuse.
Object type
stele
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 93 cm, width: 36.5 cm, depth: 13 cm

Material

Description
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
partly_illegible
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
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Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 65-68mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1980 in the excavation of trench XXXVI, zone D (Zagami property). It was reused as a covering slab of masonry sarcophagus 1840
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 13814
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
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Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/9/2024