ISic003359: Ash chest for Gaius Matrinius Felicio

Photo J. Prag, Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014
ID
ISic003359
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
ash chest
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
ash chest
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 25.5 cm, width: 43.5 cm, depth: 37.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-3: 35-60mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: not measured

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Hypogeum in Grotticelli, excavated 4 July 1902

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 22226
Autopsy
Display Sector D
Map

Date

1st — 3rd century CE (?) (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Φηλικίων presumably renders the Latin Felicio. Although the inscription is in Greek, it is noteworthy that it employs a Latin vocative form for Matrinius (implicit therefore also for Gaius), as well as abbreviating the formulaic words χρηστὲ and ἄμεμπτε, according to the more normal practices of Latin inscriptions; the use of interpuncts throughout is also distinctively Latin in practice. Ferrua suggests that the letters are of the end of the third century AD, but an earlier date also seems possible, and indeed likely.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021