ISic003402: Fragment of a monumental Greek inscription

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
ISic003402
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Orsi 1889

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a limestone slab, seemingly broken on all sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 24 cm, width: 17 cm, depth: 7 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of two, possibly three lines in large regular characters
Text condition
partly_illegible
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found on Epipolai in August 1887
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

later Hellenistic in form, but no precise date possible. (250 BC – 50 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/8/2021