ISic000710: Epitaph of Grattia Paulla

ID
ISic000710
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
Links
View in current site

Edition

Loading...

Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro 1989 controlled against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Described as 'calcare' by Manganaro, a fine plaque missing the upper right and lower right corners, and with the surviving upper right portion broken but still connecting.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 46 cmwidth: 55 cmdepth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
seven lines of large fine Latin letters, lines 1-2 larger and central (all lines centred), with the final line reduced and less regular (due to lack of space).
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 65mm
Line 3-4: 55mm
Line 5-6: 40mm
Line 7: 25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Recovered c.1960 in course of construction of S. Bambino hospital (so Manganaro)
Map

Current location

Lost? The piece was described by Manganaro 1989 as being in the Museo Civico Castel Ursino, but neither Korhonen not the EpiCUM project have located it there; some inscriptions in this group have since been located in the storage of the Catania Parco Archeologico in the ex-manifattura tabacchi, but not this one and we have so far been unable to locate it.

Date

1st century CE (AD 1 – AD 100)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/23/2025