ISic003212: Fragment of 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
ISic003212
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • After the first line there are two letters (ΑΝ), but they are probably a modern addition;
  • line.3: According Korhonen, after Μ also a Ο is possible (i.g. καμοῦσα, καμόντα)
  • line.4: Korhonen: ΚΥΠΑΛ.
  • line.5: Before I, an Ε or Σ are possible, after the Ι an Α, Λ or M

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, set in plaster in modern time.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 18.5 cm, width: 20 cm, depth: 1-4.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Lines 1-5: 15-20mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, but probably from Catania. If the inscription comes from the Biscari Collection, it could come from Rome or other Sicilian cities, but the fact that it has remained unpublished makes Korhonen doubt that it was part of the collection.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 253
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino del cortile, Museo Civico (formerly Sala VI, 61).
Map

Date

2nd — 3rd century CE (AD 101 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

This pagan epitaph is very fragmentary and it is not possible to give an overall interpretation. It is possible that the deceased was a Διόδωρος or Διοδώρα, names also attested in Sicily (LGPN 3A: 127), while at l. 3 recurs the traditional formula of the epitaphs πολλὰ καμών (also καμοῦσα or καμόντα are compatible with the traces after Μ). At l. 2 -τρον can be part of the words οἰκτρόν (see in Catania, Manganaro 1999: 46 nr. 27) or πέτρον referred to the tomb (see for example IG 14.2050), frequent in epitaphs. At l. 4 κύπαλλ- can be a mistake for κύπελλ-, indicating a type of pottery recurring in funerary epigrams (see AP 7.339 ll. 7-8).

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Citation and editorial status

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