ISic003412: Funerary inscription for Lydia

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo L. Campagna 2004-11-16
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo L. Campagna 2004-11-16
ID
ISic003412
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Ferrua 1989

Physical description

Support

Description
A small marble plaque broken on the right and below (the lower left corner may be preserved); intact above and on the left.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 16 cm, width: 10.5 cm, depth: 3.5 cm

Material

Description
Very fine-grained, homogeneous, white marble, likely Lunense, Docimian, Göktepe, Hymettan. Digital microscopy: heteroblastic to homeoblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy)
Type > subtype
stone.marble > Lunense,Docimian,Göktepe,Hymettan

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Greek, with a consistent left margin.
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-4: 16mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Details of original discovery are not recorded.

Current location

Place
Taormina, Sicilia
Repository
Antiquarium del Teatro Antico
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Autopsy
None
Map

Date

third to fifth century CE? (AD 251 - AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/30/2024