ISic003470: Epitaph for Artemidora

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ID
ISic003470
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Di Stefano and Rizzone 2012-2013

Physical description

Support

Description
A plaque of limestone, seemingly damaged around the lower edges, with traces of rubcrication still visible.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 32 cmwidth: 47 cmdepth: 13 cm

Inscription

Layout
Seemingly crudely fitted to the available stone
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
rubrication
Lettering

Lunate sigma, alpha with straight bar, standard epsilon, standard omega, with closed eye and straight baseline; use of ligatures in line 1.

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 80mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Kamarina
Provenance found
From Camarina; original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place
Santa Croce Camerina, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Kamarina
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st century CE (AD 1 - AD 100)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/23/2021