ISic003506: Funerary inscription for the infant Georgios

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ID
ISic003506
Status
draft
Language
Ancient Greek
Object type
plaque
Text type
funerary

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro;
  • line.3: A small S above Μ represents the abbreviation

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragmentary marble plaque
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 33 cmwidth: 15 cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.unspecified > unverified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 40mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Found in excavation in the early 1950s in the necropolis of via Dottor Consoli-via Androne and subsequently walled into the lower facade of a palazzetto, via Basile no.5, where it was observed by Manganaro.

Current location

Place
Catania, Sicilia
Repository
private villa
Autopsy
None

Date

6th century CE (CE 501 - CE 600)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription is dated to the Byzantine period on the basis of the presence of abbreviation marks. The structure of the epitaph is the same as that of IMusCatania 198 (5th–6th century CE), which features the heading μνημεῖον and the expression ἐνθάδε κεῖται, followed by the name of the deceased in the nominative (cf. Korhonen 2004, 265).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/3/2026