ISic004387: Fragment of a Greek inscription

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
ISic004387
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of IGPalermo146, checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble slab, intact on the lower edge, but broken on all other sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 12.5 cm, width: 13 cm, depth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Part of two lines of Greek letters, between deep guidelines, with vacat below
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-2: 30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not measured

Provenance

Place of origin
Panhormus
Provenance found
Found during the excavations of Roman period buildings in 1904/1915 undertaken in Piazza Vittoria, Palermo
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 8844
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

3rd century CE (Manni Piraino, letterforms) (AD 201 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

commentary

Listed by Manni Piraino in IGPalermo as being of unknown origin, the piece is in fact published by Gabrici in MAL 1921 as part of the materials recovered in the Piazza Vittoria excavations.

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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