ISic003651: I.Sicily inscription 003651

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
ISic003651
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
cadastral
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • text of Manganaro 2001, pending transcription of autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Halaesa
Provenance found
Found in 1958 on the site of ancient Halaesa, as a chance surface find, in the area immediately to the north/north-east of the church of S. Maria dei Palazzi.
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Current location

Place
Messina, Italy
Repository
University of Messina, office of the Rector
Autopsy
Seen in 2017 in the office of the Rector of Messina University

Date

2nd — 1st century BCE (200 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

cadastral

commentary

The precise relationship of this fragment to the principal fragments of the cadastral inscription (ISic001174) remains uncertain. The fragmentary text is variously interpreted to refer to arrangements for land distribution or leasing, or for the resolution of disputes of ownership; in any event, some form of contextual relationship with the cadastral text seems highly likely, whether actually part of the same stone or not. Arena has recently highlighted the physical difference with the other known fragments (this fragment is about half the thickness of those known from the cadastral text), although the variability even across this one piece indicates that this cannot by itself be definitive. It remains the most prudent option to treat this as a separate, even if closely connected text.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
11/24/2021