ISic003476: I.Sicily inscription 003476

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
ISic003476
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Manganaro, controlled against photograph;
  • 1: Manganaro: Εὐπραξ[ία] Ἡρακλεί
  • 2: Manganaro: δαι Ἡρακλείδα
  • 3: Manganaro ἐποίησε

Physical description

Support

Description
Limestone block, seemingly damanged on all sides, especially across the top and in the centre of the front face by plough damage.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 22 cm, width: 62 cm, depth: 31 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of three lines of large Greek letters with regular left margin. The text is not perpendicular to the face of the block as it survives, either implying poor layout or else the block has been recut.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 40-45mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Centuripae
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, but prior to 1999 and in the area of Centuripe.

Current location

Place
Centuripe, Italy
Repository
private collection (P. Cacia)
Autopsy
Recorded by Manganaro in house of Dr Prospero Cacai, prior to 1999.

Date

later third or second century BCE (250 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

The irregularity of the layout may suggest later recutting of the block. Manganaro's reading appears optimistic when compared against the photograph.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/3/2022