ISic000934: Epitaph of Zodoros

Photo Museo Arch. Reg. P. Orsi (2015), Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014
ID
ISic000934
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
edited
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Orsi's apograph and photograph. Kaibel's text is the same as that of Carini (in terms of letters), although he claims to have used an apograph of Ioannis Arezzo di Targia, and notes that Mommen also undertook autopsy. ;
  • line.5: Carini, Kaibel: ΛΕΥΤΗΣΕ
  • 7-10: As noted by Kaibel (and Mommsen), but not by Carini, the letters following the end of line 7 are inserted in sequence at the end of line 2 and the beginnings of lines 3 and 4, with a paragraphos line presumably intended to mark this fact to the left of line 2.

Physical description

Support

Description
A fragment of grey marble, broken on all sides, but with the text applied after such cutting of the stone.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 18 cm, width: 23 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text maintains a regular left margin, ignoring the irregularity of the form of the stone, and filling the space to the right; however, the cutter ran out of space at the end of the stone, and inserted the remaining letters of the word Δεκεμβρίῳ and the concluding staurogram, firstly at the end of line 2 (letter β) and then, under a 'paragraphos' line to the left of the main text of line 2, level with lines 3 (letters ριω) and 4 (staurogram)
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

plainly cut, relatively regular letters, in a curved groove rather than v-cut, without serifs. Alpha has an oblique crossbar, sloping down to left, and a horizontal stroke to left off the top of the letter; beta has closed eyes, the upper is smaller; epsilon is lunate (except for the first in line 5 which is rectilinear); zeta has regular Z form; kappa has near full-legnth arms; mu has cursive form; omicron is full size; rho has closed eye; sigma is lunate; omega is lunate.

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
From the , possibly from the explorations of c.1874 by Cavallari.
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 68
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

4th - 6th century CE (AD 301 - AD 600)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Feissel, in addition to confirming the observation of previous editors that Zodoros should be understood as a variant of Diodoros, identifies the toponym of Makre Kome with the village of Sarepta in Phoenicia, which appears also in the mosaic map of Madaba, noting that the presence of individuals from the eastern Mediterranean in Syracuse is hardly surprising or unparalleled.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/20/2021