ISic001300: Epitaph for Threptylos

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
ISic001300
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photographs;
  • 4: Kaibel: μήτηρ [ἐποίησεν] (but the inscription seems to be intact in the last line)

Physical description

Support

Description
Two reconnected fragments of a marble plaque, of which the upper right corner is lost; set in plaster in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 16 cm, width: 27 cm, depth: 1-5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 11-14mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 278
Autopsy
First recorded by Kaibel in Museo Biscari, later by Korhonen in magazzino del cortile, Collezione Biscari (formerly sala VI.86).
Map

Date

Second half of 1st — 2nd century CE (AD 50 – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph presents the traditional structure recurring in many pagan epitaphs from Catania: a main sentence with the name of the deceased and his/her age, followed by a second sentence with the name of the dedicant with an attribute qualifying his/her relationship with the deceased. The dedication verb is often omitted, as in this case (Korhonen 2004: 85-87). The name Θρεπτύλος is not attested elsewhere, whereas in imperial times Θρεπτός is well attested (Threptus in two inscriptions from Lilybaion: CIL 10.7243 = ISic000523, Silvestrini (2014) 220-223 no.4 = ISic003459, see LGPN 3a: 213). Θρεπτύλος seems to be a diminutive (with the suffix -ύλος) of the better-known Θρεπτός, considering also the very young age of the deceased (μῆνας).

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Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
5/17/2022