ISic003295: Fragment of an Epitaph
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Apparatus criticus
- Text based on photograph;
- line.1: Korhonen: [Β]ενερ[ιος] (or another Latin name such as Venerianus or Generosus)
- line.2: Korhonen: [τελευτήσα]ς
Physical description
Support
- Description
- Fragment of marble plaque damaged on all sides, set in plaster in modern times.
- Object type
- plaque
- Object condition
- No data
- Dimensions
- height: 9 cm, width: 11 cm, depth: 1-4.5 cm
Material
- Description
- marble
- Type > subtype
- stone.unspecified > unspecified
Inscription
- Layout
- No data
- Text condition
- No data
- Technique
- chiselled
- Pigment
- No data
- Lettering
Lunate Ε and Σ, Π and Ρ in ligature.
- Letter heights
- Lines 1-3: 20mm
- 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, Sicilia
- Repository
- Museo Civico di Catania
- 308
- Autopsy
- Observed by Korhonen in Magazzino del cortile, Museo Civico (formerly sala VI, 116).
- Map
Date
4th — 5th century CE (AD 301 - AD 500)- Evidence
- No data
Text type
commentary
It is impossible to determine with certainty the structure of this Christian epitaph because of its fragmentary nature: Korhonen restores at l. 1 the name of the deceased, Βενέριος (Venerius), οr another Greek equivalent of the Latin names Venerianus or Generosus, at l. 2 the indication of the date of death. For the indication of the date of death, the participle of τελευτάω is quite rare in Christian epitaphs, but a similar structure can be found in some inscriptions from Syracuse and in Catania in IG 14.545 = ISic001364.
Bibliography
- Digital editions
- TM: 645562
- EDR: -
- EDH: -
- EDCS: -
- PHI: 316283
- Printed editions
Citation and editorial status
- Editor
- Jonathan Prag
- Principal contributor
- Jonathan Prag
- Contributors
- Last revision
- 12/22/2022