ISic003304: 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: ISic003304
Language: Ancient Greek
Text type: funerary
Object type: plaque
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text based on photograph;
line.1: The second letter could also be a E
line.2: According to Korhonen, φιλα[---] could be part of an adjective (φίλανδρος or φιλάδελφος) or of a name

Physical description

Support

Description: Fragment of marble plaque broken on all sides.
Object type: plaque
Material: marble
Condition: fragment
Dimensions: height: 9 cm, width: 12 cm, depth: 2.8 cm

Inscription

Layout

No data

Text condition

No data

Lettering

Letter heights

Lines 1-3: 30-35mm

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 Magazzino superiore, Museo Civico.
Map

Date

4th — 5th century CE (AD 301 – AD 500)

Evidence: No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

According to Korhonen, the fragmentary inscription is a Christian epitaph: the only readable traces at l. 2 φιλα[---] could be part of the name of the deceased or of an adjective which qualifies his/her Christian virtues, such as φίλανδρος or φιλάδελφος (Korhonen 2004: 82).

Bibliography

Digital editions

TM: 645567
EDR: -
EDH: -
EDCS: -
PHI: 316291

Printed editions

Discussion

Kalle Korhonen, Le iscrizioni del Museo civico di Catania : storia delle collezioni, cultura epigrafica, edizione (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 2004), at p. 82

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

12/22/2022