ISic001311: Epitaph for Libios

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
ISic001311
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph. Less survives of left side than when seen by Ferrara and Kaibel.;
  • line.1: Ferrara: Λίβιος; Kaibel: Λίβιο[ς]
  • lines.3-4: Ferrara: ἄμεμ-|πτος; Kaibel: ἄμεμ-|π[τ]ος

Physical description

Support

Description
Six joining fragments of a marble plaque, damaged on the left.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: 23.5 cm, width: 18 cm, depth: 1.1 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-5: 22-38mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, probably Catania.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 905
Autopsy
Observed by Ferrara and Kaibel in Museo Biscari, in a more complete state, later by Korhonen in magazzino superiore, collezione Biscari, formerly sala IX, 79.
Map

Date

1st century — first half of 2nd century CE (AD 1 – AD 150)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph has the traditional structure with the name of the deceased, the epithets χρηστὸς καὶ ἄμεμπτος (for which, see Korhonen 2004: 84) and the indication of the age expressed by ζάω in the aorist form. The name Λίβιος can be a Greek transliteration for the Latin Livius (see Buszard 2018: 112-113).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
9/22/2022