ISic001658: I.Sicily inscription 001658

Photo Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas, reproduced 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 Antonino Salinas, reproduced with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic001658
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Griesheimer 1989

Physical description

Support

Description
A plaque of limestone in the form of a tabula ansata; the rear is decorated with circles and lozenges (suggesting re-use).
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 22 cmwidth: 37 cmdepth: 4.5 cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-7: 15-30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Netum
Provenance found
Said to come from the environs of Noto; the traditional attribution to Rome is rejected strongly by Griesheimer.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
8738
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

5th century CE (AD 401 - 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
12/24/2025