ISic001072: I.Sicily inscription 001072

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic001072
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
rock-cut tomb
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Kaibel, compared against Paci;
  • 1: ΚΑΛΑΝΔΕΙΝBergk, ap. Kaibel from the stone
  • 2: [Φ]ε[βρ]αρίωνPaci
  • 3: ΗΛ...ΑBergk, ap. Kaibel, from the stone, for ἡμ[έρ]α
  • 4: ϹΥΝΛΡΙΟϹΜΑΛΙΚΟϹΙΗΜΕBergk, ap. Kaibel from the stone; reading here is that proposed by Kirchhoff (Kaibel "vix vera sunt"), followed by Paci

Physical description

Support

Description
Text engraved on the wall of a rock-cut tomb in Cava d'Ispica, letters rubricated.
Object type
rock-cut tomb
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Letters rubricated
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Cava d'Ispica
Provenance found
Published by Bergk in 1843 from the notes of Schubart.

Current location

Place
Modica, Italy
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

fifth or sixth century CE (?) (AD 400 – AD 600)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The text is preserved only in a manuscript tradition, and readings, particularly of the final line, depend upon conjectural interpretation of the letters originally recorded by Schubart.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/17/2023