ISic001424: I.Sicily inscription 001424

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ID
ISic001424
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
lex sacra
Object type
block

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Guarducci 1986-1988

Physical description

Support

Description
A large block of limestone reused in a later (Hellenistic) wall, near the SW gate of the Hellenistic city. The block tapers in both dimensions, and is very worn. The text begins on the front face and continues on the left side face.
Object type
block
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 108 cmwidth: 62-44 cmdepth: 39-22 cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
partly_illegible
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line a.1 to a.8: 40-75mm
Line b.9 to b.10: 50-58mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Megara Hyblaea
Provenance found
Found in 1953 in re-use in the Hellenistic wall near the SW gate.

Current location

Place
Megara Hyblaea, Sicilia
Repository
Antiquarium di Megara Hyblaia
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Beginning 6th century BCE (600 BC - 551 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

lex sacra

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/4/2023