Manchester Museum 1981.651: Sling-shot

Modern Publication(s): significant editions (in chronological order, starting with the earliest)

Brief description: summary of inscription content

Attributes

Inscription Type: e.g. decree, epitaph, altar, dedication, etc

Object Type: e.g. stele, statue base, plaque, etc

Material: stone (with colour and type, if known; acknowledge the person who made the claim about the colour/type) or metal

Original Location: City or region, and precise standort if known, with reference to modern scholarship if appropriate; if appropriate, state line number if place of publication stated on stone

Provenance: Fundort (if known); v. important to acknowledge references and controversies

Date: exact date, or a range, and reference to relevant controversies/scholarship. Use BC/AD.

Dimensions: height, width, thickness (in that order; expressed in metres if possible). If we have not autopsied, then acknowledge the publication the measurements have come from.

Layout: e.g. stoichedon, number of rows or columns

Writing: style of lettering, distinctive features

Condition: complete or fragmentary; any damage (with acknowledgements if not by autopsy)

Decoration: relief, moulding, etc

Collection

Location: include specific location info (e.g. on display) if known. If location uncertain, offer notes on the date of latest observation.

Collector(s): name of earliest collector(s), if known; name of donor to collection; notes on intermediary owners could usefully be noted here.

Date collected: Date when the earliest known collector acquired the inscription, and/or date on which it was added to this collection .

Accession or catalogue number: Catalogue reference or accession number

Translation

Translation, or link to published translation

Image(s)

Images or information about location of images