ISic004442: I.Sicily inscription 004442

Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
ID
ISic004442
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Orsi checked and improved against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Quadrangular marble plaque, broken on the underside. Same support as .
Object type
plaque
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
Coarse-grained, banded, white marble, likely Aphrodisian, Parian-2, Parian-3, Parian-4, Proconnesian, Thasian-3. Digital microscopy: homeoblastic to heteroblastic fabric (identification based on digital microscopy)
Type > subtype
stone.marble > Aphrodisian,Parian-2,Parian-3,Parian-4,Proconnesian,Thasian-3

Inscription

Layout
Text preserved on 4 straight lines, letters added above by ancient hand on lines 1 and 2. Traces of guide lines visible.
Text condition
incomplete #text_condition, legible
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

A with broken crossbar

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
catacomb of S. Giovanni

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
14437
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

C4 AD (AD 313 - AD 400)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
10/22/2021