ISic004015: I.Sicily inscription 004015

ID
ISic004015
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Meligunìs Lipára XII
  • 1: Bernabò Brea - Cavalier omits the alpha at the end of line 1

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Description
Sarcophagus head, reused as a funerary stele. The front face, smooth, is delimited above and below by two smooth protruding bands, on the upper face, by the lateral ends, two deep quadrangular recesses, of which the one on the left still retains part of an iron grappa. Lower corners missing, with chips on the front face. The inscription, on five lines, is placed in the central part of the slab, except for the first line, engraved on the upper projecting band.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic (pietra di Fuardo)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 59.2 cm, width: 56.8 cm, depth: 72-78 cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: 42-48 (rho 54, second epsilon 56)mm
Line 2: 55-64 (first alpha 71)mm
Line 3: 56-60 (kappa 63, iota 66)mm
Line 4: 45-50mm
Line 5: 40-43mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1969 in the excavation of trench XXXI (episcopal property); it was reused as the N head of masonry tomb 1004 (dated to the late 1st century CE).
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Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11614
Autopsy
None
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Date

(Unknown – Unknown)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The formula χρηστὴ καὶ ἄμεμπτε is almost entirely restricted to the southeast of Sicily (Syracusae and Catina).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
7/9/2024