ISic001384: 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
ISic001384
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.1: Kirchhoff, Kaibel: ἐτελεύτη[σε]ν (Kaibel: vel ἐτελεύτ[α]); Korhonen: ἐτελεύτη[σε]

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, damaged on top.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 10 cm, width: 19 cm, depth: 3.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 17-20mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

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

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 245
Autopsy
Observed by Amico in Museo Biscari, later by Korhonen in Magazzino del cortile, Collezione dei Benedettini (formerly sala VI 71).
Map

Date

4th — 5th century CE (AD 301 – AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

This epitaph, already recognised as Christian by Kirchhoff, has a formula fairly attested in Catania without the expression ἐνθάδε κεῖται and with only the name of the deceased followed by the date of death (expressed with the aorist of τελευτάω) and occasionally the age (but not in this case): e.g. IG 14.551 = ISic001370.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/22/2022