ISic030113: Caduceus of the Rheginoi

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
ISic030113
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
public document
Object type
caduceus
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after photo and previous editions

Physical description

Support

Description
A bronze caduceus consisting of staff surmounted by Ionic capital supporting a pair of entwined snakes.
Object type
caduceus
Material
bronze
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 22 cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is written on one side of the upper part of the staff, below the head.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 4mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Rhegion
Provenance found
Found in contrada Civita in the early 1960s (possibly ancient )
Map

Current location

Place
Paternò, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Gaetano Savasta
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

First half of the 5th century BCE (500 BC – 450 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

public document

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/18/2021