ISic003512: I.Sicily inscription 003512

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
ISic003512
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Bitto

Physical description

Support

Description
A marble plaque, chipped along the edges and missing the lower right corner. The rear is roughly finished, with a border along the upper edge.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 18.5 cm, width: 24.5 cm, depth: 1.8-2.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Text is centred, with a fixed left margin and irregular right margin, with hedera set in the lower corners.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Messana
Provenance found
From the 1914 excavation of the necropolis of San Placido

Current location

Place
Messina, Italy
Repository
Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina , A3558
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

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

Text type

funerary

commentary

The numeral is here interpreted (following Bitto) as acrophonic and ascending, i.e. two verticals, the second in ligature with a Π for πέντε. The hederae in the final line include a third hedera of different from.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/16/2022