ISic002877: I.Sicily inscription 002877
- ID
- ISic002877
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Text type
- decree
- Object type
- plaque
- Status
- draft
- Links
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Apparatus criticus
- Text from autopsy, after Manganaro; in his drawing (reported by SEG), Manganaro further expands the text and adds interpuncts which are not attested in the surviving part of the stone.;
- 1: Manganaro: Γ; the vertical is compatible with Γ, Ι, Τ
- 4: Manganaro: [μ]ητ[ροπόλεως]; part of the Mu is clearly visible on the stone.
Physical description
Support
- Description
- Two joining fragments of a white marble (with veining) plaque. The left margin is intact, but it is broken on all other sides. The reverse is also inscribed, also in Greek.
- Object type
- plaque
- Material
- limestone
- Object condition
- No data
- Dimensions
- height: 19.4 cm, width: 22.1 cm, depth: 3.8-4.2 cm
Inscription
- Layout
- Foune lines of Greek letters with guidelines above and below, and a straight left margin.
- Text condition
- No data
- Technique
- chiselled
- Pigment
- No data
- Lettering
Tall, fairly narrow letters, but well spaced, simply cut with minimal serifs. Beta and Rho have very small eyes (closed). Alpha with straight bar.
- Letter heights
- Line 1-4: 55-60mm
- Interlinear heights
- Interlineation line 1 to 2: 7mm
- Interlineation line 2 to 3: 8-12mm
- Interlineation line 3 to 4: 7-8mm
Provenance
- Place of origin
- Syracusae
- Provenance found
- Original discovery not recorded
Current location
- Place
- Siracusa, Italy
- Repository
- Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
- Autopsy
- Prag 2015-03-25, magazzino B, cassa 19 (inventory number not identified)
- Map
Date
4th — 5th century CE (AD 301 - AD 500)- Evidence
- No data
Text type
commentary
The restoration proposed by Manganaro for line 2 is clearly plausible and aligns with the width suggested by the proposed restoration of line 3. The production of a public text of this sort in Greek in the later imperial period is notable, even if the text cannot be closely dated.
Bibliography
- Digital editions
- TM: 645271
- EDR: -
- EDH: -
- EDCS: -
- PHI: 332711
- Printed editions
- ‘Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum’, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, 1923, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607583, at 43.0634
- Giacomo Manganaro, «Greco nei pagi e latino nelle città della Sicilia romana tra I e VI sec. d.C.», in l’epigrafia del villaggio, a c. di A. Calbi, A. Donati, e G. Poma (Faenza, 1993), 543–94, at 583 n.102 fig.20
Citation and editorial status
- Editor
- Jonathan Prag
- Principal contributor
- Jonathan Prag
- Contributors
- Last revision
- 12/4/2025