ISic004012: I.Sicily inscription 004012

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
ISic004012
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
Links
View in current site

Edition

Loading...

Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele obtained from a sarcophagus head. The upper part of the header has a smooth crown molding; a similar molding was also found on the lower edge, but it was intentionally removed, as evident signs of chiselling indicate. The rear face, less smooth than the front, bears two distinct inscriptions, labelled 'a' and 'b', both placed perpendicularly to the original height of the slab; when reused it was therefore rotated by 90 degrees and is broken at the current upper and lower margins. The text of inscription 'a' is presented here, for inscription 'b' see . The two inscriptions do not appear to be contemporary, due to differences in the characteristics of the engraving, but it is not possible to establish which is the older.
Object type
stele
Material
local volcanic stone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 64 cm, width: 65.5 cm, depth: 9 (right side)-12.5 (left side) cm

Inscription

Layout
Traces of two illegible letters exist in line 1, and immediately below, an almost complete second line is preserved along the upper fracture line.
Text condition
partly_illegible
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 2: 90-100.5 (epsilon and omicron 87)mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Sporadic discovery in 1972 in trench XXXIII (episcopal property)..
Map

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11673
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

(Unknown – Unknown)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/25/2024