ISic003322: I.Sicily inscription 003322

Photo J. Prag, courtesy Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi, 2022-04-29
ID
ISic003322
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based upon autopsy;
  • 1: ΜΕΛΙΣΣΕΙΙOrsi 1903 notes two vertical strokes at end of stone, but rightly questions whether they are letters or later damage

Physical description

Support

Description
A large thick tablet of coarse yellow stone, intact on all sides, but missing the upper right corner. The stone is thicker at the base. The rear is rough and uneven.
Object type
plaque
Material
sandstone
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 44 cm, width: 59.5 cm, depth: 9-18 cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is set over two lines, neither fully centred, nor fully aligned to the left, on the upper half of the front face of the stone.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 50-65mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Menae
Provenance found
Found in 1903 by a local small holder while digging in contrada Sparagagna, Mineo, location of an ancient necropolis.
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 23256
Autopsy
Depositi, Mag B
Map

Date

Hellenistic (? (300 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The name Melissos (this instance = LGPN V3a-60026) while relatively common more generally is only attested on one other occasion in Sicily (at Thermae Himeraeae), in an inscription of the Roman imperial period.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/1/2022