ISic003966: I.Sicily inscription 003966

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
ISic003966
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 1: ΑΝ at the end, Bernabò Brea - Cavalier
  • 2: ΥΡΚΕΙΤΑ. from which ὑρ κεῖται Bernabò Brea - Cavalier

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele with a base, slightly protruding at the front and much larger and rough at the back. Surfaces are smooth. Slightly chipped along the upper edge and sides.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 58 cm, width: 38 cm, depth: 9 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-2: 50-70mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Discovered in 1952 during the excavation of trench XII (property of the Orphanage of Lipari). It was reused in tile-built tomb 185, to reinforce the tiles on the north side
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 980
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
3/20/2023