ISic004455: I.Sicily inscription 004455

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
ISic004455
Language
Ancient Greek
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Orsi checked and improved against photograph.;
  • 7: Orsi: Βονιφάτης

Physical description

Support

Description
Semicircular limestone plaque. Same support as .
Object type
plaque
Object condition
complete
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
stone.calcarenite > unspecified

Inscription

Layout
Text on 7 straight lines, pronounced guidelines, horizontal and vertical, also used for framing the epigraphic field. On the right side of the plaque, a staurogram at the end of the fourth line and a palm branch closes the text at the end of the seventh line.
Text condition
complete #text_condition, legible
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

A with broken crossbar. Rubricated letters, engraved with a wide and deep groove.

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
15532
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