ISic003299: 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
ISic003299
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.1: Ferrua: [κεῖται]; Korhonen: [κῖτε]
  • line.5: In the lacuna, a day of the week should be mentioned

Physical description

Support

Description
Lower left fragment of marble plaque, set in plaster in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 16 cm, width: 13 cm, depth: 1-3.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-5: 20-23mm
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, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 304
Autopsy
Observed by Ferrua in sala VI Castel Ursino, later by Korhonen in Magazzino del cortile, Museo Civico.
Map

Date

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

Text type

funerary

commentary

This Christian epitaph has the traditional structure with the ἐνθάδε κεῖται formula, the name of the deceased (here in the lacuna) followed by his age and by another independent sentence with the day of death (with the present of τελευτάω), as recurring in other inscriptions from Catania, such as IG 14.556 = ISic001375. In the lacuna there should also have been the specification of the day of the week (ἡμέρ[ᾳ---]).

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Citation and editorial status

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