ISic003132: Dedication of an altar

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo from De Miro and Fiorentini 1976-77: tav. 48 fig.3
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo from De Miro and Fiorentini 1976-77: tav. 48 fig.3
ID
ISic003132
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
altar
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text checked against (poor) photograph;
  • 1: DeMiro Fiorentini: ΜΙΑΣ.Δ.[O]ΡΟΝ

Physical description

Support

Description
Small horned altar, broken in two, and missing the lower part. A moulding and frieze demarcates the top and bottom of the front face, with an empty panel between. The left side of the front face is heavily worn.
Object type
altar
Material
limestone
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is in small letters across the lower part of the panel on the front face.
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Small neat letters of square form. From the photograph, it appears the sigma may be fairly open, the alpha with straight bar, and the rho possibly with a tail.

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Monte Adranone
Provenance found
Found in room 2b of large building at foot of acropolis, room 2a containing a votive deposit
Map

Current location

Place
Monte Adranone, Sicilia
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

Archaeological material from adjoining room dates c.350-250 BCE (350 BC - 251 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

dedication

commentary

δῶρον appears the most likely reading of the latter part of the text, but it is very difficult to judge whether one or more letters is missing between Δ and Ρ, and even if a letter is missing at all between Σ and Δ. From the photograph, it seems possible that the letter between Μ and Α could also be a Φ.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
11/25/2025