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
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
Status
draft
Text type
building
Object type
block

Edition

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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
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 38 cm, width: 109 cm, depth: 22 cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
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, Sicilia
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 - 101 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

building

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/30/2025