ISic030004: Lead defixio

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ID
ISic030004
Status
draft
Language
Ancient Greek
Object type
lamina
Text type
defixio

Edition

L. Bettarini, Corpus delle defixiones di Selinunte: edizione e commento, Hellenica (Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2005) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Bettarini 2005

Physical description

Support

Description
A rectangular lead sheet in three joining pieces, originally folded five times. Heavily corroded.
Object type
lamina
Object condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 3.7 cmwidth: 8 cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
lead
Type > subtype
metal.lead > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Greek text inscribed on both sides, beginning on the recto in 9 lines, boustrophedon (first line l-to-r), and continuing on the verso in a further two lines, also boustrophedon (first line l-to-r).
Text condition
complete #text_condition, deteriorated
Technique
engraved
Pigment
No data
Lettering

presence of qoppa

Letter heights
Line 1-11: 3mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Selinus medium certainty
Provenance found
Found in the archaeological area of Selinunte, in the Buffa necropolis.
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
42579
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

Late sixth or early 5th cent. BCE (Bettarini) (525 BCE - 475 BCE)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

defixio

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/30/2026