ISic003513: I.Sicily inscription 003513

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
ISic003513
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Bitto;
  • 2: Orsi: Σαβε(ῖ)ν[α] or Σαβέν[να]

Physical description

Support

Description
A marble plaque broken in two fragments across the middle; the fragments join. The right margin is lost, including the upper right corner. The lower margin is damaged, with the lower left and right corners missing.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 22 cmwidth: 25 cmdepth: 2.1-2.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Text is more or less centered and concentrated on the upper portion of the plaque, with extensive use of interpuncts. Perhaps a single letter missing from the end of line 2.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 24mm
Line 3-4: 20mm
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 , A3567
Autopsy
None
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
8/16/2022