ISic003999: I.Sicily inscription 003999

ID
ISic003999
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Large stele, very high in height, with a rough-hewn, irregular base bulb, projecting at the rear. Poorly polished surfaces. Slightly chipped along the edges.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 100.2 cmwidth: 45 cmdepth: 11 cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 62-80 (omicron 48, omega 49)mm
Line 2: 60-70mm
Line 3: 65-80 (epsilon 58)mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1983 in the excavation of trench XXXVII (episcopal property). It was reused as a covering slab for tomb 2056 (a lithic sarcophagus from the 4th century BC, reused in the Roman era).
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 14917
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
5/15/2024