ISic002932: funerary inscription for Rouphina

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
ISic002932
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Ferrua 1946-47 ;
  • line.4: Ferrua 1982-83: no.44 alternatively: ἐπ(ὶ τῇ) ια (ὑπατίᾳ); Feissel 1987: ἐπι(νεμήσεως) αʹ or ἐπι(νεμήσεως) ιαʹ

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cmwidth: 34.5 cmdepth: 4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Greek text, with a Latin inscription on the reverse.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-4: 35mm
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

Dated by Manganaro to 4th century CE, Ferrua suggests could be specifically 417 CE (AD 350 – AD 450)
Evidence
internal-date

Text type

funerary

commentary

The reverse of the stone was re-used for a later Latin inscription (ISic001669).

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Citation and editorial status

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