ISic003342: Fragment of an account inscription

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ID
ISic003342
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
accounts
Object type
lamina

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Orsi 1900;
  • 2: Orsi: δαμόσια[ν], but presumably the word is understood as genitive plural (since Orsi so accented the definite article, and the preceding word ends -ων

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a thin sheet of bronze, intact on the left side only.
Object type
lamina
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 3.8 cm, width: 8.5 cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
bronze
Type > subtype
metal.bronze > unverified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
engraved
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-5: 3.5mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Morgantina
Provenance found
Found at the site of Morgantina, and acquired by Orsi for the museum in June 1898
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
18622
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Hellenistic (300 BC - 201 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

accounts

commentary

Seemingly a fragment of a civic account (of a 'tamia'), perhaps comparable to those of Taormina

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/17/2021