ISic004450: I.Sicily inscription 004450

Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
ID
ISic004450
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Orsi checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular limestone plaque, damaged along left side, lower right corner broken.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text on 4 straight lines, rubricated letters, 2 staurograms with A and Ω at the beginning and at the end of the text.
Text condition
complete #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, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 15500
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

Second half C5 AD - first half C6 AD (staurogram) (AD 451 - AD 550)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

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