ISic001410: Epitaph for Loukiphera

ID
ISic001410
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text with conjectures of Ferrua; Kaibel merely reports the apograph of Morso

Physical description

Support

Description
Described by Morso as a small piece of irregularly cut and broken marble, with no further details.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Seemingly near complete, laid out one word per line filling the available space on an irregularly fragment.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Ustica
Provenance found
Described by Morso in 1823 as recently found by the Principe di Trabia, on the island of Ustica. Not seen subsequently.

Current location

Lost

Date

Ferrua suggests that it is roughly co-eval with the Syracusan epitaph for Euskia, which uses a similar date of death formulation () (AD 400 – AD 449)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/11/2025