ISic003327: Part of a caduceus of the Adeonzinoi

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
ISic003327
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
public document
Object type
caduceus
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Ampolo and Robert

Physical description

Support

Description
A bronze 'boss' or 'button' ('campaniform') from a bronze caduceus.
Object type
caduceus
Material
bronze
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 3.3 cmwidth: cmdepth: cmdim:

Inscription

Layout
Text in a single line around the side of the piece, above a moulding around the lower edge.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 5mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Sicilia
Provenance found
Said to have been found in Sicily in 1888, subsequently in the Froehner collection.

Current location

Place
Paris, France
Repository
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Autopsy
None

Date

5th century BCE (Robert, by the letter forms) (500 BC – 400 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

public document

commentary

The Adeonzinoi are not identified. Some scholars (e.g. Guarducci) have interpreted this piece as a weight, rather than as an element from a caduceus, but the attribution to a caduceus is generally accepted.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/17/2021