ISic030075: Greek defixio

ID
ISic030075
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
defixio
Object type
lamina
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Comparetti (reproduced by Bitto; note that Curbera expresses significant doubts about this reading, urging the need for restudy).

Physical description

Support

Description
Lamina; the height is misreported as 6.8 cm in later publications.
Object type
lamina
Material
lead
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 3.8 cmwidth: 16.6 cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Messana
Provenance found
Found in the Necropolis of S. Placido (excavations of P. Orsi, 1914), in association with burials 54 and 55, to the north of 'recinto D', two skeletons in bare earth, buried head to toe, with this and a second lamina positioned next tto the head of no.54 .
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Current location

Currently unlocated in either Messina or Siracusa museums, no autopsy since Orsi/Comparetti

Date

first or second century CE (lettering, context) (AD 1 – AD 200)
Evidence
lettering, archaeological-context

Text type

defixio

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Thea Sommerschield
Contributors
Last revision
6/11/2024