ISic004448: I.Sicily inscription 004448

Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
ID
ISic004448
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
tomb cover
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Orsi checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular fragment of plaster, from the tomb-cover. Four nacreous shells preserved on the left side.
Object type
tomb cover
Material
plaster
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text on one straight line, gap on the right, etched on the fresh plaster. Before the inscription, along the left side, two big letters in column, made of colored glass paste mosaic tiles. Impressions of other tiles between the 2nd and 3rd letter of the inscription, within the 4th and between the 5th and the 6th. Letters and the random mosaic tiles, fixed on the fresh plaster and therefore contemporary to the etched inscription, perhaps represent a rough decoration, also repeating the first two letters of the deceased's name.
Text condition
incomplete #text_condition, legible
Lettering

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Fuehrer catacomb

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 15461
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

mid-C4 AD (AD 330 – AD 370)
Evidence
archaeological-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

Unknown female name for Orsi, but see PH289932 τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Καλονᾷ

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

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