ISic001244: I.Sicily inscription 001244

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: ISic001244
Language: Ancient Greek
Text type: funerary
Object type: plaque
Status: draft
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text of Gualtherus and Franz;
1: Kaibel: [..]πιδος Σα[ρ]α[πί]ωνος. The suggestion of a lacuna at the start of the line is entirely speculative on the part of Kaibel.
2: Gualtherus marks a '.' between the two words, but whether this is intended to signify an interpunct or a missing character is unclear.

Physical description

Support

Description: Seemingly inscribed on a relief plaque of a seated grieving woman accompanied by a second smaller female figure.
Object type: plaque
Material: marble
Object condition: No data
Dimensions: height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout: Gualtherus does not record the location of the text in relation to the relief.
Text condition: No data
Technique: chiselled
Pigment: No data
Lettering: No data
Letter heights: Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Messana
Provenance found: Found 'in vico Ismorti', Messina, and preserved originally in the same place, as recorded by Gualtherus 1624 [1625].

Current location

Lost.

Date

(?) (Unknown - Unknown)

Evidence: No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The text appears to be on a relief, possibly funerary, of which Gualtherus provides a drawing. There is no record of autopsy after Gualtherus and it appears to be lost. Kaibel's attempt to suggest a comprehensible text ignores the presentation of Gualtherus; Kaibel's reference to Gualtherus fails to indicate that the text is in the addenda, p.100, not the main sequence.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

8/15/2022