ISic003294: Epitaph for Ourania

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
ISic003294
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • lines.6-7: Ferrara, Libertini: Φεβραρείω|ν Ferrua, Korhonen: Φεβραρείῳ μ[η]|νὶ
  • line.7: Ferrara: ΙΝΕΝΤΘ; Libertini, Ferrua, Korhonen: πέντε

Physical description

Support

Description
Upper left fragment of marble plaque damaged on the right corners. The text is in an engraved frame.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 17 cm, width: 19 cm, depth: 4 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-7: 12-23mm
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,
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 241
Autopsy
Observed by Ferrara in Museo Biscari and later by Korhonen in Magazzino del cortile, Collezione Biscari (formerly sala VI 49).
Map

Date

5th — 6th century CE (AD 401 – AD 600)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The epitaph has the structure with the formula ἐνθάδε κεῖται, the name of the deceased, the indication of age and date of death (also in the participle form). The use of the patronymic in the Christian inscriptions of Catania is remarkable (see another Christian inscription from Syracuse, SEG 27.662 = ISic003133), as well as the dating with Φεβραρείῳ as an attribute of μηνί. Οὐρανία and Οὐρανίος are attested in late Christian inscriptions: see NSA 1907: 775 no.40 (Syracuse, V cent. CE) for Οὐρανία, CIL 10.1385 (Nola, V-VI cent. CE) for Οὐρανίος.

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Citation and editorial status

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