ISic020568: ISic020568

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’IdentitĆ  Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’IdentitĆ  Siciliana
ID
ISic020568
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
votive
Object type
loom weight
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Arena (IGASM 2)

Physical description

Support

Description
Loom weight.
Object type
loom weight
Material
ceramic
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: cm,Ā width: cm,Ā depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is placed horizontally along the longest face of the loom weight.
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Terravecchia di Cuti
Provenance found
Found in Terravecchia di Cuti.
Map

Current location

Place
Imera, Italy
Repository
Parco Archeologico di Himera e Antiquarium ,
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

499—400 BCE (so Arena on letters) (499 BC – 400 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

votive

commentary

The name can be understood, according to Arena, as a vocative of a feminine name or as an invocation to the Grace protector of weavers.

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Valentina Mignosa
Contributors
Last revision
5/14/2021