ISic003301: 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
ISic003301
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.1: Korhonen: ...Ι (or ΕΛΕ)
  • line.3: Korhonen: ἡμ[έρας]

Physical description

Support

Description
Left fragment of a round marble plaque (the rear is worked in stripes). The epigraphic field is framed by a moulding.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 21.5 cm, width: 21 cm, depth: 1.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 30-38mm
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 the courtyard of Museo Civico.
Map

Date

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

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription is an epitaph, as can be seen from l. 2 in which there must have been the verb ζάω in the aorist indicative or participle and from l. 3 in which Korhonen’s restoration ἡμ[έρας] indicating days is very likely (in the lacuna there must also have been the indication of the years and months lived by the deceased). According to Korhonen, the inscription and the frame are not contemporary.

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Citation and editorial status

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