ISic000648: I.Sicily inscription 000648

Photo J. Prag 2018-09-14
ID
ISic000648
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro controlled against the stone

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque, broken on the right and below; parts of top and left margin intact. Now composed of 5 rejoined fragments, but only broken in two places at the time of Orsi.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: 28 cmwidth: 18.5 cmdepth: 2.4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Eight lines of Greek letters, with the first two lines slightly indented compared to the rest, and a vacat below.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-4: 14mm
Line 5-8: 12-13mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 10mm
Interlineation line 2 to 6: 5-7mm
Interlineation line 6 to 7: 10mm
Interlineation line 7 to 8: 6mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, from the collezione Coco, Catania.

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 8749
Autopsy
Depositi, Magazzino B, cassa 41
Map

Date

4th century CE (AD 301 – AD 400)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/15/2022