ISic001528: I.Sicily inscription 001528

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
ID
ISic001528
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Agnello 1953

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
Coarse-grained, homogeneous, white marble, likely Aphrodisian, Parian-2, Proconnesian, Thasian-1, Thasian-2, Parian-3. Digital microscopy: heteroblastic to homeoblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy)
Type > subtype
stone.marble > Aphrodisian,Parian-2,Proconnesian,Thasian-1,Thasian-2,Parian-3

Inscription

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Technique
chiselled
Pigment
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Lettering
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Letter heights
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Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Catacomb of S.Giovanni

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
26701
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Christian; tentative identification of the bishop Syrakosios mentioned, with bishop in letter of Pope Gelasios, 492—6 BCE (?) (AD 451 - AD 500)
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
1/19/2026