ISic000839: Epitaph for Atedia

ID
ISic000839
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
Status
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Edition

G. Kaibel, Inscriptiones Graecae Siciliae et Italiae, additis graecis Galliae Hispaniae, Britanniae, Germaniae inscriptionibus, Inscriptiones Graecae consilio et auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Regiae Borussicae Editae. Volumen XIV., XIV (Berlin: Georgius Reimerus, 1890) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of IG, after Capodieci

Physical description

Support

Description
Described as incised on the rock face on one side of the tomb
Object type
No data
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found by Capodieci 5 November 1804 in the 'Grotta della Spedaliere', in the area immediately above the Greek theatre
Map

Current location

Capodieci states that he gave it to the Syracuse museum, but it does not seem to have passed into the collection of the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi and has not been recorded since.

Date

Roman in date, on the basis of formula and name (AD 50 – AD 300)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/3/2025