ISic004370: A fragmentary gymnasial dedication to Hermes and Herakles

Photo from https://archeosicilia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/centuripe-scoperta-la-dedica-di-un.html
ID
ISic004370
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
Links
View in current site

Edition

Loading...

Apparatus criticus

  • transcription by Jonathan Prag from photograph ;
  • line.2: γυμνασιαρχοῦντος or γυμνασιαρχήσας or γυμνασιαρχησαντος
  • line.5: παρεσκευαζεν?

Physical description

Support

Description
A fragmentary slab of local limestone, broken on all sides
Object type
unknown
Material
limestone
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of six lines of Greek letters, evenly spaced, all incomplete
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Centuripae
Provenance found
Found in 2017 in re-use in the wall of a modern house in the old centre of Centuripe

Current location

Place
Centuripe, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Centuripe ,
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

2nd century BCE (200 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

dedication

commentary

Discovered summer 2017 and reported on online blog sites, with images. See https://archeosicilia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/centuripe-scoperta-la-dedica-di-un.html (Isabella di Bartolo, 18 September 2017). The traces in line 1 suggest a dedication to Hermes and Herakles; line 2 appears to be a reference to the office of gymnasiarch; lines 3 and 4 presumably contain the name(s) of the gymnasiarch(s). Line 5 is perhaps a reference to the motivation for the dedication.

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021