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
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
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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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
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm, width: 34.5 cm, depth: 4 cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.marble > unspecified

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Greek text, with a Latin inscription on the reverse.
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
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, Sicilia
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 351 - AD 450)
Evidence
internal-date

Text type

funerary

commentary

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

Bibliography

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Discussion

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2026