ISic001332: 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
ISic001332
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photographs;
  • Kaibel did not read the first line

Physical description

Support

Description
Four fragments (of which three joining) of a marble plaque, damaged on the left and on the right corner. Fragments B and C (C1 and C2) were set in two different plasters in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-6: 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
Autopsy
The modern annotation at l. 6 belongs to the Barons of Recalcaccia, among whom was Nicola, brother of Ignazio Biscari. Observed by Kaibel in Museo Biscari, later by Korhonen in magazzino superiore and magazzino del cortile, Collezione Biscari (formerly sala VI 99 and VI 115).
Map

Date

2nd century CE (AD 101 – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph presents the invocation to the subterranean deities, the name of the deceased in the lacuna, the indication of the age (partially in the lacuna) and in another sentence the dedicant (the proper name is not specified, but the relationship with the deceased is mentioned, as in IGMusPalermo 143 = ISic000797), the dedication verb and the formula μνήμης χάριν.

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Citation and editorial status

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