ISic003920: I.Sicily inscription 003920

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
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
ISic003920
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 1: ΣΥΡΑΣ Bernabò Brea - Cavalier

Physical description

Support

Description
Small stele with a rough base, slightly protruding at the front and larger at the back. The upper part of the front face is incomplete.
Object type
stele
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 51.5 cmwidth: 35 cmdepth: 11.2 cm

Material

Description
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 50mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Discovered in 1969 during the excavation of trench XXXII, zone ε S (episcopal property). It was reused in the cover of lithic sarcophagus 679 (dated to the 4th – mid-3rd century BCE, but reused at the end of the 1-2nd century CE).
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11571
Autopsy
None
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Date

(Unknown - Unknown)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/13/2023