ISic003717: Fragment of a Greek inscription

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
ISic003717
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
Links
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Edition

Giacomo Manganaro, Sikelika: studi di antichità e di epigrafia della Sicilia greca, Biblioteca di QUCC 8 (Pisa, Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici internazionali, 1999) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a veined white marble plaque, unworked on the reverse.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 18 cmwidth: 29 cmdepth: 4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of four lines of Greek letters, filling what is left of the face of the stone.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-4: 50mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
Found in the catacombs known as 'Grotta di Fragapane'
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo
Autopsy
None, not located in museum to date.
Map

Date

3rd — 4th century CE (AD 201 – AD 400)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
11/8/2023