ISic001151: Funerary inscription for Opetreia Letois

Photo J. Prag, courtesy Museo civico di Termini Imerese
ID
ISic001151
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular plaque in grey stone. Edges are precise and straight, without chips or breaks. Edges slightly rounded. Rear edge is flat.
Object type
block
Material
stone(grey)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm, width: 63.5 cm, depth: 13-14.5 (left-right) cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Greek text. Text is left justified.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 25-26mm
Line 2: 20-26mm
Line 3: 23-28mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
The place, date, and circumstances of the discovery are unknown, but the piece is assumed to come from Termini Imerese

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 136
Autopsy
Antoniou, 2022-07-06. On display in Museo Civico Baldassare Romano
Map

Date

2nd — 3rd century CE (AD 101 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The opening of the inscription is disputed. Kaibel (IG) assumes the omega opening line 1 is an error of the stonecutter, for theta, whereas Brugnone believes Opetreia is a transcription of the Latin nomen, the feminine form of Opetreius, both of which are attested epigraphically (outside of Sicily). In relation to Letois (here in the vocative), Brugnone believes the deceased to have been a freedwoman who adopted the nomen of the person who had freed her. The name Mousaios is common, although not necessarily in Sicily.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/21/2023