ISic001268: Fragment of a funerary inscription

ID
ISic001268
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of IG 14.443.1

Physical description

Support

Description
Described only as a fragment with no details recorded.
Object type
unknown
Material
stone
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded; first recorded by Kaibel in the Hotel Metropole (formerly the Hotel Belle Vue), but not observed more recently.

Current location

Lost

Date

Presumably imperial in date (first three centuries AD?) (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

One of several fragments recorded under this number in IG. IG suggests a space at the end of line 1, and one might restore this as [---]Α ἕζη-|σεν ἔτη XXX | χαῖρε καὶ σύ, in which case it would closely mimic the standard Latin 'vixit annis' formulation.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/30/2024