ISic003177: Fragment of a 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
ISic003177
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Villard;
  • line.3: Robert and Robert: [μ]υροπῶλα or [πορφ]υροπῶλα

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a cippus
Object type
stele
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
No data
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

3rd — 2nd century BCE(?) (300 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Villard appears to imply that this was also recovered from excavations in Trench 3 together with ISic003176. Villard states 'Roman period', but it is not clear why; SEG without explanation states 'C1 BC (?)'. If the form of the letter pi is correctly recorded by Villard (short right hand hasta), then this would strongly suggest pre-Imperial, and in any event, the necropolis itself appears to go out of use in the earlier C2 BC, so the piece is hardly likely to be later than that.

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Citation and editorial status

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