ISic001234: Funerary inscription for Zosima

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
ISic001234
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Gualtherus, derived 'ex schedis Alb. Piccoli'

Physical description

Support

Description
No description is preserved
Object type
unknown
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: unknown cmwidth: unknown cmdepth: unknown cm

Inscription

Layout
The only indication of layout is the report at second hand from Gualtherus, showing a text over six lines, with the second line apparently missing, repeated continuation of words across line-end, and possible interpuncts around the age elements
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Messana
Provenance found
No data

Current location

Place
Messina, Italy
Repository
Autopsy
The text is only preserved in Gualtherus, who reports it himself at second hand

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

It seems plausible to read the ΕΚ in line 5 as the age in years, although the numeral is of ascending format in that case.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021