ISic001669: funerary inscription for Ianuarius

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
ISic001669
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Ferrua 1946-47 ;
  • line.3: Manganaro 1993: Eclesi(ae servi)

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm, width: 34.5 cm, depth: 4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Latin text, preceded by a cross and followed by a dove (r); a Greek text on the other side.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-3: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found in the suburb of S.Lucia, Siracusa (acquired by the museum in 1925)

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 44329
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Ferrua suggests approximately 8th century CE (AD 701 – AD 800)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

The stone was re-used; an earlier Greek epitaph (C4/5 AD) sits on the reverse (ISic002932). Ferrua suggests that the third word should be understood as a surname, common in the early mediaeval period; Manganaro prefers to read, more literally, 'servant/slave of the church'.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/5/2021