ISic003972: I.Sicily inscription 003972

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
ISic003972
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele with smooth surfaces, apart from the back face, very rough and irregular. Extensive chipping on the front face and the right-hand side. traces of mortar on the front and back faces.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 49 cm, width: 40.4 cm, depth: 14-15 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 80-105mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Chance finding during the 1972 excavation of trench XXXIII (episcopal property)
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11764
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

(Unknown – Unknown)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Under the name there are traces of unidentifiable letters, most likely pertaining to an older inscription which was scraped to alllow the inscribing of the current one.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/20/2023