ISic002757: Prayer for a vineyard

ID
ISic002757
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
prayer
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
Links
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Edition

D.R. Jordan, ‘Two Christian Prayers from Southeastern Sicily’, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 25 (1984): 297–302 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Jordan 1984;
  • 8-9: a series of c.9 magical symbols

Physical description

Support

Description
A tablet of local stone, of which the left- and right-hand edges and possibly the bottom edge as well are preserved.
Object type
plaque
Material
tuff
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 22.5 cmwidth: 25.5 cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Dianae Fons
Provenance found
Found by a farmer in the locality of Crucidda, near Comiso

Current location

Place
Ragusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Ibleo
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

5th century CE (AD 401 – AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

prayer

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/17/2025