ISic030018: ISic030018

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
ISic030018
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
votive
Object type
weight
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Arena (IGASM 2)

Physical description

Support

Description
Weight with a ring.
Object type
weight
Material
bronze
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is arranged around the weight.
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Gela
Provenance found
Found in Gela on the north slope of the acropolis.
Map

Current location

Place
Gela, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Gela ,
Autopsy
No Autopsy

Date

500—475 BCE (500 BC – 475 BC)
Evidence
lettering, archaeological-context

Text type

votive

commentary

Dubois points out that the same inscription is found, in Sicily, on a loom weight now in the Museo Paolo Orsi di Siracusa (Orsi 1906, 679, no. 1, fig. 510 ). The weight of 418 g corresponds to two talents of silver, each weighing 208.8 g (Dubois IGDS no. 152).

Bibliography

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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Valentina Mignosa
Contributors
Last revision
4/14/2021