ISic003214: 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
ISic003214
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Two joining fragments, damaged on the left and above, set in plaster in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 17 cm, width: 25 cm, depth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 15-27mm
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 , 292
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino del cortile, Museo Civico (formerly sala VI.100).
Map

Date

3rd — 4th century CE (AD 201 – AD 400)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

According to Korhonen, this inscription is metrical, since the adjective ἐμπέραμος is found in other metrical epitaphs often accompanied by σοφίης (IG 14.888, IGUR 3.1310), but the word ἐπορίσατο does not fit the metre: it is possible that it was an error or that the metrical part was preceded by a part in prose.

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Citation and editorial status

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