ISic003997: I.Sicily inscription 003997

ID
ISic003997
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
Stone stele with rough surfaces, chipped along the edges and with a gap on the left margin. The stone was used as a funerary stele twice and bears two unrelated inscriptions on the two opposite faces (upside down in respect to each other). The two inscribed faces have conventionally been indicated with 'a' and 'b', as it is not possible to establish a relative chronology of the two phases of use. The inscription on face 'a' appears here (face 'b' is catalogued separately, see ).
Object type
stele
Material
local volcanic stone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 68 cm, width: 48.5 cm, depth: 12 (left side), 10.5 (right side) cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 84-90 (omicron 68, lambda 66, epsilon 75)mm
Line 2: 85-90mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1969 in the excavation of trench XXXII, zone εN (episcopal property). It was reused as the N head of tomb 751, a sarcophagus made with reused pieces (dated to the 1st-2nd century CE).
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11580
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
Contributors
Last revision
5/6/2024