ISic003647: Epitaph for Nympho

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2006-04-24
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2006-04-24
ID
ISic003647
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
A tall somewhat irregular stele of square section, with text on one vertical face
Object type
stele
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
quarzarenite
Type > subtype
stone.calcarenite > unspecified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Amestratus
Provenance found
Found in re-use in the Chiesa S. Biagio, Mistretta
Map

Current location

Place
Mistretta, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Civico Polivalente
69/45
Autopsy
2006.04
Map

Date

Hellenistic (300 BC - 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The form of the name is peculiar, but there appears to a second example from Akrai, in ISic001024, line 3 (Νυμφοι Ἱέρωνος). The stone appears never to have been formally published, and there is no clear reference which can be aligned to it in the summary of Scibona on Mistretta in the BTCGI.

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/10/2025