ISic003056: I.Sicily inscription 003056

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
ISic003056
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Large stone, well-squared and with very accurate smooth surfaces. In the centre of the upper face there is a slight rectangular recess (the recess was not completed, probably made to use the block as a base plinth). Missing much of the lower margin of the anterior face.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 30.5 cm, width: 48.5 cm, depth: 38.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 52-62mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in the upper stratum of trench XXIII (on the Monteleone property). Overturned and moved from its original location; it cannot be connected with any of the burials unearthed in the area
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 15386
Autopsy
None
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Date

c. 350 BCE (375 BC – 325 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
7/1/2021