ISic003867: I.Sicily inscription 003867

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
ISic003867
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII;
  • 1: ΚΙΜΟΣ Bernabò Brea - Cavalier Fraser - Matthews LGPN V3A: 39500

Physical description

Support

Description
Upper part of stele in gray rhyolite, rather irregular and with a tapered lower part, smooth surfaces. Broken at the bottom and missing the upper right corner of the rear face.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (rhyolite)
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 22.2 cm, width: 35 cm, depth: 9.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 40-50mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Discovered in 1960 in the Castello, during restoration work by the Padiglione di Vulcanologia of the Museum.
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 13778
Autopsy
None
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Date

(Unknown – Unknown)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription, unusually placed at a certain distance from the upper edge, falls along the fracture, such that the lower parts of the first letters are damaged; it is not possible to establish whether other lines followed.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/22/2022