ISic004453: I.Sicily inscription 004453

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
ISic004453
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Orsi checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular marble plaque, damaged on the upper side.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
Fine to medium-grained, banded, grey marble, likely Proconnesian. Digital microscopy: heteroblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy)
Type > subtype
stone.marble > Proconnesian
Provenance
Marmara District
Map

Inscription

Layout
Text on 5 straight lines. Along the left border of the plaque, from top to bottom, a star made of three intersecting segments and a pitcher from which comes a staurogram flanked by A and Ω. At the end of the text, on the lower right corner of the plaque, a Greek cross flanked by two doves facing each other.
Text condition
complete #text_condition, legible
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
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
15521
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
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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