ISic000378: Funerary inscription for Tyche

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic000378
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

Physical description

Support

Description
A square plaque of white marble, intact on all four sides, finished smooth on the reverse.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 25 cm, width: 30.5 cm, depth: 2.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Latin text, centred on the upper half of the plaque.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 13-18mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: Not measuredmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Found, together with (inv.568), in 1736 in a Roman tomb in the area of Porta Aci / Porta di Jaci, now Piazza Stesicoro.
Map

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 393
Autopsy
Display, Voci di pietra no.20
Map

Date

Second half of 2nd century CE or 3rd century CE (so Korhonen) (AD 150 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The name Tyche is a Greek name meaning ‘(good) fortune’. The act of funerary commemoration in an epitaph reflects the values of society: Tyche was approaching the typical age at which young women would be likely to get married (late teens), and so the decision to erect an epitaph makes clear not only the grief but the disappointed hopes of the parents - the precision of age, which may or may not be genuine, serves to emphasise the loss.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021