ISic030073: ISic030073

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ID
ISic030073
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
defixio
Object type
lamina
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text transcription of Brugnone 1984 (including text previously read by Gabrici and now lost)

Physical description

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Description
A lead lamina, inscribed on both sides, a third of which was lost prior to transfer to the Museum
Object type
lamina
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 16.7 cmwidth: 11 cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
lead

Inscription

Layout
The text is engraved from top to bottom in lines that run from right to left,
Text condition
No data
Technique
engraved
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-23: 3-7mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum medium certainty
Provenance found
Recovered from a tomb in Marsala, but already in private hands when first recorded by Gabrici in 1941.
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Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 1346
Autopsy
No Autopsy
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Date

second or first century BCE (200 BC - 1 BC)
Evidence
lettering, archaeological-context

Text type

defixio

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
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  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
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  • PHI: -
Printed editions
Discussion

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Thea Sommerschield
Contributors
Last revision
3/27/2026