ISic004404: I.Sicily inscription 004404

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: ISic004404
Language: Ancient Greek
Text type: greeting
Object type: mosaic
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text from photo

Physical description

Support

Description: Substantial fragment of a mosaic floor, with wave pattern border surrounding white field, with dolphins in corners, standing figure with cup in centre; a 'doormat' at the lower edge, with greeting inscription above, at entry to room
Object type: mosaic
Material: stone
Condition: No data
Dimensions: height: 329 cm, width: 277 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout: Text set out in large red letters along the lower edge facing the entrant to the room, on a single line
Text condition: No data
Letter heights: Line 1: 170mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Halicyae
Provenance found: Found and excavated on via D'Aguirre in the centre of Salemi, during works to lay a water supply in 1895
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Current location

Place: Palermo, Italy
Repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 2277
Autopsy: None
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Date

2nd — 1st century BCE (200 BC – 100 BC)

Evidence: archaeological-context

Text type

greeting

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions

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Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

1/19/2021