ISic003699: I.Sicily inscription 003699

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2014-09-09
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2014-09-09
ID
ISic003699
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Pugliese Carratelli 1956

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
marble

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Acrae
Provenance found
Acquired from Akrai by the museum in 1893, without further information on provenance; now in cassette 6, magazzino B

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 12703
Autopsy
Prag 2014-09-09
Map

Date

Probably produced in the late 18th or 19th century (AD 1750 - AD 1893)
Evidence
No data

Text type

No data

commentary

Generally considered to be a fake, on the grounds both of the style of lettering/carving, and the highly unusual red marble.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/9/2026