ISic003662: I.Sicily inscription 003662

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
ISic003662
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 1: Traces of three letters, blue, then red, then blue, are visible at the start of line 1.

Physical description

Support

Description
Limestone block, coated with stucco, text engraved and then painted. The block is intact on the left (although the corner is damaged, but broken above, and the front face is broken above and below; the block is also intact on the right, although the front right corner is lost. Traces of a line of text above the preserved one are visible.
Object type
block
Material
limestone (calcarenite gialla locale)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: 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
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Excavation 1988, via De Gasperi, proprietĂ  Acquiconsult, T.131

Current location

Place
Marsala, Italy
Repository
Museo archeologico regionale Lilibeo Marsala - Baglio Anselmi
Autopsy
On display.
Map

Date

280—250 BCE (280 BC – 250 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The block was found on top of the dividing wall between tombs 131 and 132, to be understood as epitymbion for the two tombs. A second small fragmentary block, from the same context, with a blue painted (but not engraved) letter may form part of the same or an associated incription (Fragment b)

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
9/17/2023