ISic003271: 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
ISic003271
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
Fragment of a marble plaque (on the rear two horizontal grooves).
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 9 cm, width: 9 cm, depth: 2 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 32mm
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.
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Date

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

Text type

funerary

commentary

The fragment was probably part of an epitaph: the traces at l. 3 could be part of the dedication verb ποιέω, as Korhonen hypothesised. The interpunct could divide the first sentence with the name of the deceased and his age, from the second sentence with the name of the dedicant and the dedication verb, in this case in the first position as in IG 14.467 = ISic001291, where an interpunct also divides the two sentences.

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Citation and editorial status

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