ISic004267: Altar dedicated to Augustus

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: ISic004267
Language: Latin
Text type: No data
Object type: altar
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text according to ILipara 751

Physical description

Support

Description: Eroded altar of volcanic stone with simple moulding around the top and bottom, and a hollowed out depression on the top.
Object type: altar
Material: volcanic
Condition: complete
Dimensions: height: 58 cm, width: 37-44 cm, depth: 42 cm

Inscription

Layout

Single line of letters below the moulding across the top of the face.

Text condition

deteriorated

Lettering

Letter heights

Line 1: 75-90mm

Interlinear heights

Interlineation line 1 to 1: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Lipara
Provenance found: Chance find in the Castle

Current location

Place: Lipari, Italy
Repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 22849
Autopsy: None
Map

Date

Augustan (27 BC – AD 14)

Evidence: No data

Text type

No data

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions

Printed editions

L. Bernabò Brea, M. Cavalier, e L. Campagna, Meligunìs Lipára. XII. Le iscrizioni lapidarie greche e latine delle isole eolie (Palermo: Mario Grispo Editore, 2003), at 751

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

6/17/2022