ISic000976: Funerary inscription for Oulpiane

ID
ISic000976
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Ferrua 1941;
  • Ferrua: ρες ι; but p.175 n.1 observes η or κ also possible; from the photograph η most likely; Kaibel: κ

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque, broken on the right, probably intact on the other three sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 17 cmwidth: 12 cmdepth: 2.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Greek letters following the left margin of the stone.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-5: 22mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
No details of the original discovery, but reported by Crispi in 1823 as part of material of sig. D. Agostino Gallo, from Taormina, wrongly attributed to Siracusa by Kaibel and others

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 146
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

later Roman, but not certain whether Christian or Pagan (Ferrua) (AD 400 – AD 600)
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
7/30/2024