ISic003285: Epitaph for Eutrapelion

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
ISic003285
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.1: Korhonen does not exclude the possibility that the block could have been damaged on the right side: in that case, another possible reading could have been Εὐτράπε[λος] | ἐτῶν [---]. However, it does not seem there is sufficient space for the numeral between ἐτῶν and the Christogram.
  • line.2: Ferrua: ((Chi-Rho))Σ

Physical description

Support

Description
Irregular block of volcanic rock.
Object type
block
Material
volcanic
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 25 cm, width: 58 cm, depth: 26.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-2: 50-80mm
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 Ferrua and Korhonen in the courtyard of Castel Ursino, later Museo Civico.
Map

Date

4th — 5th century CE (AD 301 – AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

According to Korhonen, the block must have been placed outside a burial chamber. The name Εὐτραπελίων is not attested, while Εὐτράπελος is attested in southern Italy in the imperial period (see LGPN 3A: 177).

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Citation and editorial status

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