ISic003507: I.Sicily inscription 003507

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ID
ISic003507
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
prayer
Object type
block

Edition

Giacomo Manganaro, «Byzantina Siciliae», Minima Epigraphica et Papyrologica 4, fasc. 5 (2001): 131–78 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro

Physical description

Support

Description
Block of limestone, set in the upper part of a dry stone wall.
Object type
block
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 34 cmwidth: 66 cmdepth: 28 cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Traces of two lines
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Lunate epsilon and sigma, kappa with short arms.

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 60-70mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
No data
Provenance found
Observed by Manganaro in a dry stone wall in cava Ritiddini, territory of Rosolini, c.12km from Modica; but Rizzone and Sammito correct location to Cozzo Tondo, site of a late antique settlement / church, in the 'vallata del Prainito'
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Current location

Place
Rosolini, in situ,
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

Byzantine (AD 501 - AD 700)
Evidence
No data

Text type

prayer

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/15/2026