ISic001157: I.Sicily inscription 001157

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ID
ISic001157
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
unknown
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Gualtherus ;
  • 2: Gualtherus: ΕΟΝΙΟΙΣ

Physical description

Support

Description
Presented in the form of a base or altar in Gualtherus (a common practice, bearing little relation to the actual physical form), but most likely a plaque
Object type
unknown
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
stone

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Gualtherus prints lunate epsilon and sigma, which may or may not be representative.

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Seen by Gualtherus, seemingly in the walls of the 'praetorium', i.e. town hall.

Current location

Lost

Date

Imperial in date (AD 51 - AD 350)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Kaibel speculates that the stone was broken at line 3, because he could not explain ΜΗΚΑΛΙ, but given that the rest of the stone is clearly intact, apart from the loss of two letters at the end of line 2, one must rather assume that some more comprehensible praenomen has been corrupted / misread. The use of Roman numerals in a Greek text is notable (and has parallels, e.g., at Catania).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
12/18/2025