ISic002939: I.Sicily inscription 002939

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
ISic002939
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
building
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Ampolo and Erdas 2019

Physical description

Support

Description
Large block of limestone cut to a rounded tabula ansata.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 38 cmwidth: 109 cmdepth: 22 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-6: 29-50mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Segesta
Provenance found
Found 'tra i ruderi della citta, presso il teatro' according to Marconi.

Current location

Place
Segesta, Italy
Repository
Parco archeologico di Segesta , SG2004, IG2621
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

On palaeographic grounds, datable to the C3 or C2 BCE; but this inscription, together with several others almost certainly belongs in the context of the monumental stoa of the later second century BCE. (150 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

building

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
9/12/2022