ISic001492: Epitaph for Aisaris Sattaras

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
ISic001492
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

Text based upon Bitto 2001 no.41 with photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
A rectangular slab of marble, heavily abraded on the upper right corner, but without obscuring the text.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 23 cmwidth: 28.5 cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Greek, centred on the stone with an attempt to maintain regular margins. Guide lines are visible. Words are separated by substnatial interpuncts, and the final line is visibly smaller.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 25mm
Line 5: 15mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Messana
Provenance found
Via S. Marta, fondo Martines

Current location

Place
Messina, Italy
Repository
Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina , A3572
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st — 3rd century CE (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021