ISic001298: Funerary inscription of Euporios

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
ISic001298
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
block
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.1: Libertini: ΕΥΦΟΡΙΩΝ

Physical description

Support

Description
Block of black volcanic lava stone with irregular sides.
Object type
block
Material
volcanic
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 24 cm, width: 82 cm, depth: 44 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
: 60-80mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, but must be from the Etna region, based upon the material.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania
Autopsy
First seen by Kaibel in Museo Biscari, later by Korhonen in cortile, Collezione Biscari
Map

Date

Imperial age (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Kaibel and Libertini linked the block to a relief in volcanic rock depicting two armed gladiators, which represented an advertisement for a gladiatorial show, but, as Manganaro notes, any connection between the relief and this funerary inscription must be ruled out. The name Εὐπόριος is not attested elsewhere, while in the female form, Εὐπορία/Euporia, is attested in a Latin inscription of the imperial period from Catania (CIL 10.7052 = ISic000336) and in a Christian inscription from Syracuse (Strazzulla 1897: 183 no. 344 = MARPO inv.15558).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/16/2022