ISic003345: Fragmentary list of names

Photo M. Metcalfe 2016
ID
ISic003345
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
list
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Manganaro 2006, corrected against photograph by Prag;
  • Line.1: Manganaro: ---.-; but [-]ΕΟΔΟ[-] visible on stone in photograph
  • Line.10: Manganaro: ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧ[-]; Ω clear on stone in photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Part of a slab of white limestone, intact on the left, albeit lightly damaged, broken top and right, and with a vacat below, possibly preserving part of the lower margin.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: unreported cmwidth: unreported cmdepth: unreported cm

Inscription

Layout
13 lines of Greek letters, with a regular left margin, set out in pseudo-stoichedon, and a vacat at the end
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

regular quadrate letters of the Hellenistic period, well spaced. Omicron is smaller than the other letters and above the line; omega is formed of a small slightly elongated circule, closed below by a long horizontal; epsilon has a shorter detached mid-bar; theta has a short detached central line; tau shows some light separation between vertical and horizontal; kappa has almost full length tails; alpha is very broad, with wide low horizontal bar; mu has vertical first and last strokes, and the middle strokes do not descend fully to the line; phi is rounded, with a tall vertical; pi has a slightly overlapping horizontal; sigma has horizontal top and bottom strokes.

Types
Letter heights
Line 1: not reportedmm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not reportedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Phintias
Provenance found
From excavations on via S. Maria, Licata (1989-1990)

Current location

Place
Licata, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico della Badia ,
Autopsy
Seen on display by Metcalfe 2016-09-27
Map

Date

3rd century BCE (Manganaro) (300 BC - 201 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

list

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

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