ISic003312: 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
ISic003312
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph;
  • line.2: SEG: [· · ? · ·]ΜΟΡΜ. (but there does not seem to be a lacuna before those letters)
  • line.3: Korhonen interprets the letters at l. 3 as an abbreviation for Γ(έ)μ(ι)ν(ο)ς

Physical description

Support

Description
Lower left fragment of marble plaque (Opisthographic: same support as IMusCatania 151 = ).
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 7 cm, width: 12 cm, depth: 1.9 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 12-16mm
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 del Cortile, Museo Civico.
Map

Date

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

Text type

funerary

commentary

This inscription is probably a fragment of a Christian epitaph, but it is too fragmentary to allow an interpretation. It is later than the epitaph on the rear IMusCatania 151 = ISic003266, which is dated between the 1st and the 2nd cent. CE. Korhonen doubtfully reads ΓΜΝΣΝ[---] at l. 3 as an abbreviation for Γ(έ)μ(ι)ν(ο)ς, but admits that it would be an unusual abbreviation.

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Citation and editorial status

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