ISic020936: ISic020936

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
ISic020936
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
altar
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from photograph and description of Voza

Physical description

Support

Description
A cylindrical altar of fired clay, recomposed from multiple fragments, not complete.
Object type
altar
Material
ceramic
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 24.3 cmwidth: cmdepth: cmdim: 26

Inscription

Layout
The inscription is incised in a plain area of the body of the altar, approximately half-way up, next to the remains of a handle. It is unclear whether the text was incised before or after firing (no statement in publication, and photograph not sufficient.
Text condition
damaged
Letter heights
Line 1: 20mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Helorus
Provenance found
From room 4 of the 'urban sanctuary of Demeter', excavated in 1970.
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi ,
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

second century BCE? (200 BC – 100 BC)
Evidence
material-context

Text type

dedication

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
3/21/2023