ISic003224: Epitaph for Katylleinos

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
ISic003224
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph ;
  • line.2: Castelli read the text without the lacuna, but according to Korhonen, this is a not recorded supplement by the previous editors

Physical description

Support

Description
Two joining fragments of marble plaque, slightly damaged in the middle.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 18 cm, width: 24 cm, depth: 1.6 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Letters with small apices, lunate Ε and Σ, cursive Μ. Four ivy-leaves and a palmette.

Letter heights
Lines 1-5: 11-15mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded. Kaibel thought this inscription was ‘urbanae fortasse originis’, but the structure of the epitaph is in line with other epitaphs from Catania and this led Korhonen to consider it to be from Catania.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 544
Autopsy
Observed by Castelli in Monastero di San Nicolò l’Arena, later by Korhonen in Magazzino superiore, Collezione dei Benedettini (formerly sala VII 188).
Map

Date

2nd century CE or first half of 3rd century CE (AD 101 - AD 250)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

According to Korhonen, the form of this epitaph is one of the most common in Catania, with two main sentences, the first containing the name of the deceased and his age, the second the indication of the dedicant with the aorist of ποιέω, which in this case precedes the name of the dedicant, as in IG 14.467 = ISic001291. For this reason, Korhonen rejects Kaibel’s classification (adopted by Moretti in IGUR) of this inscription among the urban inscriptions. The expression μνήμης χάριν occurs in many epitaphs from Catania: e.g. IG 14.485 = ISic00001308, IG 14.509 = ISic001330, IG 14.511 = ISic001332. The name of the deceased, Κατυλλεῖνος, recurs also in an inscription from Syracuse: SEG 36.862 = ISic001650. Εὐοδία could be the mother of the young deceased: the name is possibly found in an inscription from Syracuse (Agnello 1960: no.39 + Ferrua 1989: no.243).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
11/5/2025