ISic003231: Epitaph for Epaphrodeitos

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
ISic003231
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: Ἐπαφροειτος

Physical description

Support

Description
Irregular and corroded marble plaque.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 20.5 cm, width: 24 cm, depth: 3.4 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 23-30mm
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 at least from another city of the north-eastern Sicily since it was not published by Kaibel.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 237
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino superiore, Collezione Biscari (formerly sala VI 45).
Map

Date

1st century CE (AD 1 – AD 100)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Korhonen considers the inscription not urban because of the structure of the epitaph and the palaeography. Moreover, the name of the deceased, Ἐπαφρόδιτος, is highly attested in Sicily (see LGPN 3A: 145) and in another inscription from Catania (Libertini 1937: 78).

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Citation and editorial status

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