ISic003640: I.Sicily inscription 003640

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: ISic003640
Language: Ancient Greek
Text type: funerary
Object type: funerary altar
Status: draft
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text of Manganaro 1965

Physical description

Support

Description: A 'horned' funerary altar, in local limestone.
Object type: funerary altar
Material: limestone
Condition: No data
Dimensions: height: 81 cm, width: 38 cm, depth: 16 cm

Inscription

Layout: Text on the front face.
Text condition: No data
Technique: chiselled
Pigment: No data
Lettering: Described Manganaro as lunate letters of the imperial period, with hederae distinguentes, to date between C2 and C3 CE.
Letter heights: Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Ispica
Provenance found: Contrada Carrubba (), proprieta Fidelio, at km 8 on the Ispica-Pachino road
Map

Current location

Place: Ragusa, Italy
Repository: Museo Archeologico Ibleo
Autopsy: Seen on display (on the stairs) in the museum, 2015.01.13.
Map

Date

2nd — 3rd century CE (AD 101 - AD 300)

Evidence: lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions

TM: 645706
EDR: -
EDH: -
EDCS: 70900998
PHI: -

Printed editions

Giacomo Manganaro, «Ricerche di antichità e di epigrafia siceliote», Archeologia Classica 17 (1965): 183–210, at 199 tav.70.3

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

2/6/2023