ISic003714: I.Sicily inscription 003714

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
ISic003714
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 2: Manganaro inserts an additional illegible line between lines 1 and 2, but there is no basis for this.

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of orange-pink marble, broken top and left; right side preserves a circular rim, and the underside has a recessed circular shape. Conceivably this is a fragment of a circular cinerary urn lid, of which examples attested at Siracusa and Catania.
Object type
unknown
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 14 cm, width: 11 cm, depth: 4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Traces of three lines of Greek letters
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Line 2: 15-25mm
Line 3: 17-20mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 14mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 13mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
From excavations of ekklesiasterion, S.Nicola, 1962.
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo , 8330
Autopsy
Prag 2018-07-18
Map

Date

Roman imperial period (AD 1 – AD 400)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

dedication

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
11/8/2023