ISic001326: Epitaph for Statilia Theagenis

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
ISic001326
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photographs

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque damaged below, set in plaster in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 16 cm, width: 35 cm, depth: 1-6 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 20-30mm
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 , 300
Autopsy
Observed by Ferrara and Kaibel, later by Korhonen in magazzino del cortile Collezione Biscari, formerly sala VI 108.
Map

Date

1st — 2nd century CE (AD 1 – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph presents the name of the deceased and the indication of her age (the years are assumed to be in a missing fourth line). The gentilicium Στατείλια is also found in the Latin funerary inscription of the 2nd-3rd century CE, CIL 10.7094 = ISic000376. The name Θεαγενίς is not well attested (for the masculine form Θεαγένης attested in South Italy, see LGPN 3A 199). For Θεαγενίς in two urban inscriptions, see Solin 1982: 84.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
10/31/2022