ISic001651: I.Sicily inscription 001651

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 J. Prag 2015-01-13
ID
ISic001651
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
Links
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Edition

Vittorio Giovanni Rizzone, «La catacomba A e le iscrizioni di Treppiedi», in La necropoli di Treppiedi a Modica, a c. di G. Di Stefano (Palermo: Sellerio, 2009), 52–58 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text and translation of Rizzone 2009

Physical description

Support

Description
A limestone plaque, broken into three pieces and recomposed.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 44 cmwidth: 20 cmdepth: 6 cm

Inscription

Layout
seven lines filling the available face of the stone
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-7: 20mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Mutyca
Provenance found
Found in Catacomb Treppiedi A, on the floor of a small corrridor by the entrance
Map

Current location

Place
Ragusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Ibleo
Autopsy
2015-01-13 on display in Ragusa Museum
Map

Date

Either 396 or 402 CE (so Ferrua, on the consular date) (AD 396 – AD 402)
Evidence
internal-date

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