ISic030198: ISic030198

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
ISic030198
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
tessera (civic)
Object type
tessera
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Cordano 1992

Physical description

Support

Description
Tessera, reused.
Object type
tessera
Material
lead
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is placed on both sides of the lamina.
Text condition
incomplete
Letter heights
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Kamarina
Provenance found
Found in the archaeological area of Kamarina, inside a storeroom in the sanctuary of Athena, in contrada Cammarana.
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Current location

Place
Santa Croce Camerina, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Kamarina , 8720
Autopsy
No Autopsy
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Date

480—450 BCE (480 BC – 450 BC)
Evidence
lettering, archaeological-context

Text type

tessera (civic)

commentary

This document is one of a large deposit (c. 150) of lead tesserae found in a storeroom of Athena's sanctuary at the archaeological site of Kamarina. The lamina appears to be used twice (see Cordano 1992, pp. 54-55). To the first use would correspond the text Πσίφυγος Φιντ[ία] on face a, τε[τάρτα ἐπ]ὶ δέκα on face b. The second use is associated with the text [τετά]ρτα ἐπὶ δέκα on face a and the text [Πασίφυγ]ος Φιντία on face b. In the second use, face a is used as face b and vice versa, and the writing is upside down on both faces if compared to the first use. The first text has not been erased in order to engrave the second, therefore it is clearly visible. For a similar reuse of the tessera, within the same fratra, see also ISic030197.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Valentina Mignosa
Contributors
Last revision
7/30/2021