ISic001274: I.Sicily inscription 001274

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ID
ISic001274
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
dedication
Object type
architrave
Status
draft
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Edition

G. Kaibel, Inscriptiones Graecae Siciliae et Italiae, additis graecis Galliae Hispaniae, Britanniae, Germaniae inscriptionibus, Inscriptiones Graecae consilio et auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Regiae Borussicae Editae. Volumen XIV., XIV (Berlin: Georgius Reimerus, 1890) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Gualtherus;
  • 2: Franz suggests: Δήμητρ[ι] ἱερ[όν]

Physical description

Support

Description
Described as 'in petra Catanensi' by Gualtherus, but whether this means the local lava stone, or something else is unclear. Described as 'in fornice valvarum', and so some sort of architrave piece (or else simply mounted there subsequently?). No dimensions recorded.
Object type
architrave
Material
stone
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Gualtherus' presentation implies the text was partly on a moulding or panel, and partly in a section above.
Text condition
incomplete
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
Catina
Provenance found
Reported by Gualtherus in the Loggia of the city, having been found 'ad S. Spiritum, in villa Octavii Ioenii Equitis'; a church of the Holy Spirit was located in the vicinity of the so-called Temple of Ceres, which, in part on the basis of this inscrption, was identified in the vicinity of the Batione degli Infetti, on the NW side of the city, where a substantial walled structure was identified in the 16th century. Like many inscriptions preserved in the Loggia, it does not seem to have survived the eruption and earthquake of 1669 / 1693.
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Current location

Lost

Date

Hellenistic? (400 BC - 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

Only seen by Gualtherus, and while Franz' amendment is attractive, it is difficult to see how exactly that is recovered from Gualtherus' transcription. Tortorici suggests that the inscription may not be genuine, a result of antiquarian enthusiasm to attribute the ruins as the temple, although this would be a relatively early date for such invention.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
12/9/2025