ISic004407: Fragment of a land-lease contract

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
ISic004407
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
public legal text
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Arena 2020;
  • col.2.2: On the stone, Arena reads a small circle inside the Δ, and notes that the ΙΕ are joined at the top by a horizontal stroke

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a large slab or stele, broken on all sides (possibly to create a block for building purposes after antiquity), with some traces of mortar on the reverse.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 31 cm, width: 14 cm, depth: 10.2-11.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
traces of two columns of Greek letters, with a space of 1-3 cm between. Traces of 12 lines of each column are preserved although not symmetrically.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Types list:

Letter heights
Line 1-16: 8mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation: 6mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Halaesa
Provenance found
A chance find during construction works immediately to the south of the Church of S.Maria dei Palazzi in January 2013
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Current location

Place
Messina, Italy
Repository
Soprintendenza Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Messina , ME30908
Autopsy
In the archaeological stores of the Soprintendenza di Messina
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Date

Later 2nd century BCE (150 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

public legal text

commentary

Bibliography

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Discussion

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Emiliano Arena
Contributors
Last revision
11/24/2021