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
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
Status
draft
Language
Ancient Greek
Object type
caduceus
Text type
public document

Edition

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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
Object condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 22 cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
bronze
Type > subtype
metal.bronze > unverified

Inscription

Layout
The text is written on one side of the upper part of the staff, below the head.
Text condition
complete
Technique
engraved
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Chalcidic alphabet

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, Italia
Repository
Museo Civico Gaetano Savasta
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

First half of the 5th century BCE (500 BCE - 451 BCE)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

public document

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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