ISic003240: 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
ISic003240
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.2: Korhonen: [--- Ἰο]υλι-
  • line.3: Korhonen: [--- ἔζησ]εν, also [--- ἐποίησ]εν is possible

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque damaged on the left, above and below.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 13 cm, width: 8.5 cm, depth: 2 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 12-19mm
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
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino superiore, Museo Civico.
Map

Date

1st — 2nd century CE (AD 1 – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription is too fragmentary to be interpreted: Korhonen thinks it was an epitaph and cautiously restores the beginning of a name at l. 2 [Ἰο]υλι-. Since it is not possible to determine the structure of the epitaph, l. 3 can contain the indication of the age of the deceased ([ἔζησ]εν) or the dedication verb ([ἐποίησ]εν).

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Citation and editorial status

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