ISic003538: Funerary epitaph for Alexion

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: ISic003538
Language: Ancient Greek
Text type: funerary
Object type: plaque
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

text after I.Messina 33

Physical description

Support

Description: Marble slab of which the lower right corner is lost
Object type: plaque
Material: marble
Condition: No data
Dimensions: height: 32 cm, width: 32 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout: No data
Text condition: No data
Letter heights: Line 1: 20mm; Line 2: 30mm; Line 3: 40mm; Line 4: 35mm; Line 5: 25mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: 40mm; Interlineation line 2 to 5: 20mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Messana
Provenance found: Original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place: Messina, Italy
Repository: Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina , A3550
Autopsy: None
Map

Date

2nd century CE (AD 101 – AD 200)

Evidence: No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Ferrua suggests that Sebasteus is an ethnic ('from Sebaste', but which is unknown).

Bibliography

Digital editions

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Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

1/19/2021