ISic004408: Fragmentary 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
ISic004408
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of TrĂ©ziny 2011

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, of which no detailed description is preserved
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text is recorded over two lines
Text condition
No data
Lettering

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Megara Hyblaea
Provenance found
The fragment was reported in the excavation journal of Fr. Villard for 26 February 1949, recovered in the NE corner of the Hellenistic structure VI,A (=23,24), west of the agora.
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Current location

Place
Megara Hyblaea, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium di Megara Hyblaia
Autopsy
No data
Map

Date

5th century CE (Villard) (AD 401 – AD 499)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The inscription has not been relocated since the original excavations. Villard only mentions its existence in the publication of 1951 ('un fragment d'inscription funéraire chrétienne du Ve siècle'); Tréziny reports slightly greater detail from the excavation journal, as recorded here.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021