ISic003480: Sikel inscription on wall of a tomb

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
ISic003480
Language
Sikel
Text type
funerary
Object type
rock face
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on editions of Cordano

Physical description

Support

Description
A rock-cut tomb (Tomb 15) in the Coste di S. Frebonia, consisting of an entry and single chamber, with inscriptions on two walls, of which this is the left-hand wall
Object type
rock face
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is engraved on the left-hand wall as one enters the tomb, in a single line, from right to left, with two further large letters separated from the main text
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: up to 130mm
Line 2: 110-170mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Palagonia
Provenance found
On the wall of Tomb 15 was identified in 1990 at the Coste di S. Febronia, near Palagonia
Map

Current location

Place
Palagonia, Italy
Repository
Autopsy
in situ

Date

Archaic (the tomb is dated by typology only to the 7th century or early 6th century BCE) (650 BC – 500 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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