ISic003176: Fragmentary Greek epitaph

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
ISic003176
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Villard 1954

Physical description

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Description
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Object type
stele
Material
stone
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Technique
chiselled
Pigment
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Lettering
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Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Abacaenum
Provenance found
Recovered in excavation in March 1952, seemingly in the area of the Hellenistic necropolis of contrada Cardusa ('trench 3')
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Current location

Place
(near) Tripi, Italy
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

Hellenistic, 3rd — 2nd century BCE (300 BC - 101 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Villard provides no details of the stone, nor the precise location of excavation. The piece comes from trench 3 in the area of the ancient necropolis north of Pizzo Cisterna, c.1km from Piano, which appears to be consistent with the excavated necropolis of Contrada Cardusa. The inscription comes from material found in the area of a paved square and is from fragments of one of several hellenistic funerary monuments of the type common at the site, with a quadrangular base with moulding, in which is set a Doric column. The inscription was on the base of one such. If the piece comes from the necropolis, then it is unlikely to date later than the C2 BC.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
1/19/2021