ISic003511: Epitaph for Klodia Romana

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
ISic003511
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based upon Bitto 2001 and photograph.

Physical description

Support

Description
An intact marble tablet, uneven on the left and upper borders, with minor damage to the lower left corner
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 21 cmwidth: 26.8 cmdepth: 1.8-2.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Greek text, observing a regular left margin, with hedera in the four corners
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-4: 22-28mm
Line 5: 30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation lines 1 to 5: 10-13mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Messana
Provenance found
Found within a funerary building within the area designated 'recinto B' by Paolo Orsi during excavation in 1914 of the
Map

Current location

Place
Messina, Italy
Repository
Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina , A3568
Autopsy
2017.07.20 (Prag)
Map

Date

1st — 3rd century CE (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021