ISic003406: I.Sicily inscription 003406

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
ISic003406
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
unknown
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Salinas;
  • 2: Salinas reports two vertical strokes before the N
  • 3: Salinas/lapis: inital epsilon of ጔτη lacks crossbar.

Physical description

Support

Description
Described by Salinas as 'un pezzetto di marmo sciupato', but without further indications.
Object type
unknown
Material
marble
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 12 cm, width: 17 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Lunate epsilon and sigma, and use of ligature.

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Messana
Provenance found
Found in the last days of October 1886, in the ancient necropolis 'sotto il forte Gonzaga, in contrada Cammari', in the course of works to extend the railway line Messina Cerda.

Current location

lost?

Date

Roman period? (AD 101 - AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Appears to be omitted from Bitto's I.Messina volume.

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/15/2022