ISic004363: I.Sicily inscription 004363

Photo J. Prag, 2014-09-11, by permission of Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
ID
ISic004363
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
A thick fragment of an off-white marble plaque, which is intact top and left, including lower left corner (with rough edges), but broken across the right side. The reverse is unfinished and rough.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 17 cmwidth: 14.2 cmdepth: 3.2-4.0 cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Greek letters, with irregular left margin.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 19-22mm
Line 4: 15-19mm
Line 5: 13-15mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 3: 8-12mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 3-5mm
Interlineation line 4 to 5: 10-12mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Centuripae
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, from Centuripe prior to 2 Feb 1907.

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 27069
Autopsy
Depositi, Magazzino B, cassa 4, Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
Map

Date

Imperial period (AD 100 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The layout of the text suggests ἔζησεν in full, but other Greek funerary texts from Centuripe suggest that ἔζησες might be possible.

Bibliography

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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/3/2022