ISic003111: Fragment of an epitaph

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
ISic003111
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • The three horizontal bars under the last line do not belong to the text

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a limestone plaque damaged on the right
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 43 cm, width: 34 cm, depth: 6 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 30-90mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, but probably from Catania.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino superiore, Museo Civico.
Map

Date

2nd — 1st century BCE (200 BC – 1 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph presents an acclamation to the deceased (occasionally accompanied by the epithet), characteristic of the Hellenistic age: see IMusCatania 4 (Φιλοκλῆ χρηστὲ χαῖρε). The name of the deceased can be Φιλόξενος or Φιλοξένα: the first name is largely attested in Sicily (see LGPN 3A: 460).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/22/2022