ISic003716: I.Sicily inscription 003716

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
ISic003716
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
unknown
Object type
tile
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Manganaro;
  • Manganaro reads the traces above line 1 as evidence for a preceding line, proposing: [(?)μηδε]ὶς[παρὰ τὸν ὅρον(?)]; Orsi, more plausibly, saw traces of a decorative motif, and considered line 1 the opening line of the text.

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of pinkish clay tile, broken on all sides.
Object type
tile
Material
clay
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 8.5 cm, width: 13 cm, depth: 1.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Text incised prior to firing
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 2: 12mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
Said to have been found near the 'temple of Concord', or else in excavations 'in ancient Agrigentum'; donated to the museum in May 1918

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 39398
Autopsy
Seen and photographed by Manganaro some time before 1999
Map

Date

Hellenistic (Manganaro) (300 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

Orsi considered the text to be of Roman period; Manganaro considered Hellenistic, and reconstructs it as a prohibition to enter a sanctuary (seemingly taking the provenance of the Temple of Concord as certain).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/16/2022