ISic003355: Funerary altar for Thalpon

Photo J.Prag: Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014
ID
ISic003355
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
altar
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
altar
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 57 cm, width: 31 cm, depth: 20 cm

Inscription

Layout
Text is set out over six lines within a panel of 26 x 21 cm in the form of a tabula ansata
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Lunate omega, sigma and epsilon; alpha, lamda and delta have extended upper strokes; mu appears in two forms on line 2, typical later form with tall upper strokes and at line end a small rounded form mid-line; xsi on line 4 is formed of two horizontals with a detached curved stroke between. The repetition of the deceased's name on line 3 is marked off by a large comma-shaped interpunct.

Letter heights
Lines 1-6: 15-25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not measured

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Contrada Reina, close to the railway line to Noto, found 13.05.1930

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 49370
Autopsy
Display Sector D, cippi funerari
Map

Date

later 3rd century CE (Ferrua on letter forms) (AD 251 - AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The name Thalpon is not otherwise attested.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/21/2023