ISic020947: Fragment of cup with graffito

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana
ID
ISic020947
Language
Punic
Text type
identification
Object type
cup
Status
edited
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Edition

Rossana De Simone, Minima epigraphica punica. Nuove iscrizioni di Sicilia (Palermo: Il Palindromo, 2013) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after De Simone 2013

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of an Attic red-figure cup depicting a drunken Silenos. Dimensions not recorded.
Object type
cup
Material
ceramic
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm,聽width: cm,聽depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
two letters on the base of the cup, added after firing
Text condition
complete
Technique
scratched
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Motya
Provenance found
Found in excavations 2010-2011 in the area of the Kothon, Pit 1660, Motya. Now in storage in the Museo Whitaker.
Map

Current location

Place
Mozia, Italy
Repository
Museo Whitaker , MC.11.4512/2
Autopsy
none
Map

Date

Second half of the 5th century BCE (450 BC - 401 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

identification

commentary

The first letter (Aleph) is written upright, and before writing the second letter (Lamed), the scribe rotated the vessel counterclockwise. It could be interpreted as an abbreviation (of a name) or a commercial sigla. The text appears to be complete.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Rossana De Simone
Contributors
Last revision
12/1/2025