ISic003309: 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
ISic003309
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
Fragment of marble plaque broken on all sides, set in plaster in modern times.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 14 cmwidth: 11 cmdepth: 1-5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 12-30mm
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 , 284
Autopsy
Observed 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 inscription is a fragment of a Christian epitaph, with the indication of the date of death usually introduced by the present or aorist indicative of τελευτάω, but perhaps in this case by a participle [θαν]ῶν, such as in IMusCatania 201 = ISic003294. The day of death was probably in the lacuna at l. 3. Korhonen observes that this inscription is not connectable with IG 14.564 = ISic001383.

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Citation and editorial status

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