ISic003230: Epitaph for Elpidia

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
ISic003230
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.2: lapis: Ἐνπιδία

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque, set in plaster in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 19 cm, width: 28 cm, depth: 1-5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 17-32mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not recordedmm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded. Korhonen thinks the inscription comes from Catania or another city of the eastern Sicily since it was not published by Kaibel.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 234
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino inferiore, Collezione Biscari (formerly sala VI 42).
Map

Date

3rd century CE or early 4th century CE (AD 201 – AD 350)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Korhonen considers the inscription not urban due to the fact that it is not edited by Kaibel: it is a pagan epitaph (there are no Christian references) with a structure more typical of urban inscriptions: εὐψύχει preceded by the name of the deceased is also found in Rome in IGUR 486, 954, 1138. On the name of the deceased, see also IGUR 501. The term κυρία is an honorific and affectionate epithet found in other inscriptions from Catania: IG 14.525 = ISic000964 and IG 14.542 = ISic001361.

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Citation and editorial status

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