ISic000084: epitaph of Petrus of Alexandria

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana; photo A. Tosques, 2025-10-09
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell鈥橧dentit脿 Siciliana; photo A. Tosques, 2025-10-09
ID
ISic000084
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text controlled against photograph;
  • 4: Mommsen: LXI (confusing interpunct with small numeral)

Physical description

Support

Description
A quadrangular marble plaque, broken in three pieces but reconnected.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 34 cm,聽width: 45 cm,聽depth: 7.5 cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.unspecified > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Text fills the surface, neatly laid out between double guidelines.
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Neat v-cut letters of relatively broad, if slightly irregular, module, with simple wedge serifs.

Letter heights
Line 1-7: 35mm
Line 8: 28mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Panhormus
Provenance found
Found in 1863 during construction of palazzo Saponara, part of a necropolis extending from Porta S. Giorgio al Borgo towards via F. Crispi, C5 AD onwards.
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
3537
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

602 CE (AD 602 - AD 602)
Evidence
internal-date

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions
Discussion

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
10/10/2022