ISic001659: I.Sicily inscription 001659

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
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
ISic001659
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Griesheimer 1989 with slight changes based on Orsi's 1896 edition

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
Very fine-grained, veined, grey, cipollino marble, likely Carystian. Digital microscopy: fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy)
Type > subtype
stone.marble > Carystian
Provenance
Styra
Map

Inscription

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Excavated in the catacomb of S. Giovanni, 1895

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
15562
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

cos. date of either 423 CE or 458 CE (Ferrua) (AD 423 - AD 458)
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
8/5/2021