ISic003116: I.Sicily inscription 003116

Photo R.J.A. Wilson
Photo R.J.A. Wilson
ID
ISic003116
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • ~Text of Manni Piraino ap. Lilibeo 1984

Physical description

Support

Description
semi-cylindrical block covered with white stucco, on which the letters painted in a degraded red/brown; a second block to the right perhaps completed the monument, perhaps an epitymbion of a tomb a lastroni, similar to those from Algeria and Spain in early Imperial period (so Manni Piraino)
Object type
stele
Material
tuff
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 42 cmwidth: 51.5 cmdepth: 43 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
painted
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 41-70mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Excavations 1974, necropolis, proprieta Scavone

Current location

Place
Marsala, Italy
Repository
Museo archeologico regionale Lilibeo Marsala - Baglio Anselmi
Autopsy
On display.
Map

Date

Mid-2nd century BCE (175 BC - 125 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
1/19/2021