ISic002749: Fragment of an epigram

ID
ISic002749
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
Links
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Edition

Giacomo Manganaro, ‘Die Villa von Piazza Armerina, Residenz des kaiserlichen Prokurators, und ein mit ihr verbundenes Emporium von Henna’, in Palast und Hütte : Beiträge zum Bauen und Wohnen im Altertum von Archäologen, Vor- und Frühgeschichtlern: Tagungsbeiträge eines Symposiums der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, veranstaltet vom 25.-30. November 1979 in Berlin, ed. D. Papenfuss and V.M. Strocka (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1982), 493–513 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro 1982;
  • 2: Manganaro 1994: [κακὰ δὲ πολλὰ] μογεῖν δα[ίμονος αἶσα]; note that the very final trace of the foot of the ?Μ is visible
  • 3: Manganaro 1994: [κακὴ καὶ θάνα]τον καμάτ[ων τέλος - ]
  • 4: Manganaro 1994: [---μ]οὶ δῶ[κε---]

Physical description

Support

Description
Two joining fragments of a marble plaque, broken on all sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: 20 cmwidth: 20 cmdepth: 1.6 cm

Inscription

Layout
Parts of five evenly spaced regularly inscribed lines of Greek letters
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-5: 35mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Piazza Armerina
Provenance found
Villa del Casale
Map

Current location

Place
Piazza Armerina, Italy
Repository
Villa Romana del Casale
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

3rd or 4th century CE (AD 201 – AD 400)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/10/2025