ISic003993: I.Sicily inscription 003993

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
ISic003993
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

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Description
Stele with tang at the base for insertion into a plinth, with rough surfaces. Slightly chipped along the edges of the front face, remains of mortar on the rear face. The stone was used as a funerary stele twice and is in palimpsest. To engrave the most recent text (catalogued separately, see ), a 15cm high band was carved in the upper part, probably corresponding to the space occupied by the older text. Only the last line of this older text remains, clearly visible in the space between the last line of the recent inscription and the lower margin of the lowered band. It is likely that this surviving text was preceded by one (or at most) two lines. The text of the oldest inscription (a) is presented here.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 77.2 cm, width: 52.8 cm, depth: 9 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
partly_illegible
Letter heights
Line 1: 70-75mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Discovered in 1968 in the excavation of trench XXXI (episcopal property). It was reused as a covering slab of the masonry tomb 913 (dated to the 1st century CE).
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11602
Autopsy
None
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Date

(Unknown – Unknown)
Evidence
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Text type

funerary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
5/1/2024