ISic004281: Epitaph of Lucceia Prima

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: ISic004281
Language: Latin
Text type: No data
Object type: stele
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text according to ILipara 772;
1: It is unclear if the marks at the end of line 1 are S (so Bernabo-Cavalier in M-L XI.i, p. 294) or a hedera, or just damage.

Physical description

Support

Description: Stele of volcanic stone (local), broken across the bottom, with minor damage to the margins.
Object type: stele
Material: volcanic
Condition: damaged
Dimensions: height: 55 cm, width: 38.6-39.5 cm, depth: 9.2 cm

Inscription

Layout

Two lines of Latin letters across the middle of the front of the stone, somewhat irregularly laid out.

Text condition

complete

Lettering

Letter heights

Line 1: 47-55mm

Line 2: 38-40mm

Interlinear heights

Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Lipara
Provenance found: Found in 1974 in trench XXXV (bishop's property), in reuse as the northern end of the stone-built sarcophagus 1687 (end C1 or C2 CE)

Current location

Place: Lipari, Italy
Repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 11853
Autopsy: None
Map

Date

(Unknown – Unknown)

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 772

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

6/17/2022