ISic004366: I.Sicily inscription 004366

Photo J. Prag, 2014-09-11, by permission of Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
ID
ISic004366
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 4: Orsi: ἔζησε σ[εμνῶς]

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular plaque of off-white marble, intact on left and top sides, broken on right and along lower edge (the break is across the final preserved line of text). Reverse is unfinished and very uneven.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 13.7 cmwidth: 21 cmdepth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Greek text, somewhat compressed and uneven lines with a consistent left margin.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 22-26mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 4: 2-7mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Centuripae
Provenance found
Acquired by Orsi in July 1894 in Centuripe for the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi, Siracusa

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 14595
Autopsy
Prag 2014-09-11, depositi, Magazzino B, cassette 5
Map

Date

Imperial period (AD 100 – AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The parallel offered by ISic004364 and ISic004365 suggests that ἔζησες ἔ[τη] is more plausible as a restoration in lines 4-5 than Orsi's proposal of ἔζησε σ[εμνῶς].

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Citation and editorial status

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