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
draft
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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 cm, width: cm, depth: cm, dim: 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
Technique
scratched
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
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 - 101 BC)
Evidence
material-context

Text type

dedication

commentary

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

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