ISic003280: 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
ISic003280
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.1: The first letter at l. 1 could be also a Λ (according to Korhonen) or a Χ
  • line.2: The last letter could be also a Z or a Ξ

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 8,5 cm, width: 11 cm, depth: 1.8 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-2: 28mm
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

5th century CE (AD 401 – AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The fragment probably belongs to an epitaph. Korhonen restores a post-consular date: if the integration is correct and the text should not be intended as written in Latin, the inscription should be dated to the 5th century AD. For other post-consular dates in inscriptions from Catania dated to the 5th cent. AD and expressed with the formula μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν, see IG 14.455 = ISic001279, IMusCatania 167 = ISic001648, SEG 17.441 = ISic003126.

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Citation and editorial status

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