ISic020087: ISic020087

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
ISic020087
Language
Elymian
Text type
unknown
Object type
kylix
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Agostiniani 1977 (IAS I)

Physical description

Support

Description
Two fragments of base (?) of a black-glaze kylix.
Object type
kylix
Material
ceramic
Condition
fragments
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text consists of two inscriptions, arranged on two different parts of the same object. The first (a) is on the underside of the foot: it consists of five letters arranged in one line and a fifth letter not aligned with the others. It has been highlighted with white painting in modern times to make it more legible. The second (b) is on the bottom of the interior of the cup and consists of three letters not aligned with each other.
Text condition
incomplete text_condition, legible
Letter heights
: 5-14mm
: 5-10mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Segesta
Provenance found
Found during the excavations (from 1957 to 1977) by the Soprintendenza alle AntichitĂ  della Sicilia Occidentale in the area of Grotta Vanella, on the north-east slope of Monte Barbaro, 1.9km east of temple of Segesta.
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 54087
Autopsy
Mignosa 2021-12-16
Map

Date

500—480 BCE (500 BC – 480 BC)
Evidence
archaeological-context, material-context, lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

The text appears to consist of a part (fragm.b), presumably previously scratched, in Greek and a part (fragm.a), later graffitied, in Elymian language. The Greek text can be interpreted as an Attic abbreviation, while the text in Elymian could consist of numerals pertaining to the culture of Segesta.

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Valentina Mignosa
Contributors
Last revision
11/27/2020