ISic003592: Engraved fragment of a sima

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ID
ISic003592
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
Object type
sima
Status
draft
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Edition

M. Frasca, «Hera a Leontini», in MEGALAI NESOI. Studi dedicati a Giovanni Rizza per il suo ottantesimo compleanno, a c. di R. Gigli, vol. 2, 2 voll. (Catania: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. I.B.A.M. sede di Catania, 2005), 137–45 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Frasca 2005;
  • 1: Frasca hypothesises: [Ἡ]ρης μν[ημειον]

Physical description

Support

Description
A Fragment of stone, broken on all sides; no further details provided.
Object type
sima
Material
stone
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Technique
chiselled
Pigment
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Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Leontini
Provenance found
From excavation 1999-2001 of a sanctuary with monumental altar in contrada Scala Portazza, on east side of the modern town
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Current location

Place
Lentini, Sicilia
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

Second half of 6th — early 5th century BCE (550 BC - 451 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

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commentary

Roughly carved on a fragment of a sima, from the periurban sanctuary attributed to Hera at Scala Portazza.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
12/16/2025