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)
ID
ISic004453
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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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
Material
marble
Condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

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
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 , 15521
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

Second half C5 AD - first half C6 AD (staurogram) (AD 450 – AD 550)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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