ISic003178: I.Sicily inscription 003178

Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
ID
ISic003178
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Orsi 1923, with a different interpretation of the first Christian symbol

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular limestone plaque, broken in 3 contiguous fragments, lower left corner and right side lost.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text on 3 straight lines, within a chiselled linear frame. The Christian symbols (2 staurograms on a triangle or stylised hill at the beginning of the first line and below the text in central position) have been erased in antiquity ("damnatio Christianorum" P. Orsi).
Text condition
complete #text_condition, legible
Lettering

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
neighbourhood of S. Lucia

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 43119
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

C5 AD - C6 AD (AD 401 – AD 600)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
10/22/2021