ISic001330: Epitaph

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: ISic001330
Language: Ancient Greek
Text type: funerary
Object type: plaque
Status: draft
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text based on photographs;
1: Ferrara: κ; Kaibel: δ, Korhonen: λ (less probable α because of ἔτη)

Physical description

Support

Description: Marble plaque of which the upper part is missing; the rear is only roughly finished.
Object type: plaque
Material: marble
Object condition: damaged
Dimensions: height: 21 cm, width: 32 cm, depth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout: No data
Text condition: No data
Technique: chiselled
Pigment: No data
Lettering: Regular letters, Ε and Σ lunate, Μ cursive.
Letter heights: Lines 1-4: 15-20mm
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 , 542
Autopsy: Observed by Torremuzza and Kaibel in Museo Biscari, later by Korhonen in magazzino superiore, Collezione Biscari (formerly sala VII 186).
Map

Date

2nd century CE or first half of 3rd century CE (AD 101 - AD 250)

Evidence: No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph presents the name of the deceased (in the lacuna) and the indication of age. A second sentence contains the name of the dedicant, the dedication verb (in the form ἐποίσε, attested in other two inscriptions of Catania, IMusCatania 65 = ISic003223 and IG 14.1852 = ISic003246, see Korhonen 2004: 195-196) and the formula μνήμης χάριν. The name Ὑγία/Ὑγίεια is frequently attested in the imperial age also in Sicily (LGPN 3A: 439).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

10/31/2022