ISic003303: 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
ISic003303
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph

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: 8 cm, width: 21 cm, depth: 2.8 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 32mm
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 , 283
Autopsy
Observed by Korhonen in magazzino del Cortile, Museo Civico (formerly sala VI, 91).
Map

Date

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

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription is an epitaph: in the lacuna at the beginning of the inscription, there must have been the name of the deceased followed by the indication of the age (often in the participle form of ζάω). The date of death must have been introduced by a form of the verb τελευτάω (the present τελευτᾷ or the aorist ἐτελεύτησεν).

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Citation and editorial status

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