ISic001169: Funerary inscription to Attikon

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
ISic001169
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
tabula ansata
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 2: Previous editions do not recognise the gamma on line 2 as being almost entirely obscured

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular plaque of grey stone, squared but missing left edge. The presence of only one side of the tabula ansata (the right side), suggests another block was placed on the left. Rear is protruding. Surface is irregular.
Object type
tabula ansata
Material
stone (grey)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 27.5 cm, width: 28 (at widest) cm, depth: 22 (to back of protrusion) cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Greek text, set within right side of tabula ansata.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 25-30mm
Line 2: 21-26 (upsilon 36)mm
Line 3: 21-30mm
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 , 683
Autopsy
Antoniou, 2022-07-06. On display in Museo Civico Baldassare Romano
Map

Date

1st century CE (AD 1 – AD 100)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The name Attikon is unique. The name Agathinos, is not particularly frequent, and this is its first attestation in Sicily.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/22/2023