ISic004468: I.Sicily inscription 004468

Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
ID
ISic004468
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Ferrua, checked against photograph.

Physical description

Support

Description
Rhomboidal grey marble plaque with irregular borders.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Text on one straight line with staurogram above the line and heart-shaped ivy leaf below, both in a central position. Elegant letters with serifs; still visible the guidelines for the framing of the epigraphic field.
Text condition
complete #text_condition, legible
Lettering

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
San Diego cemetery (catacombs of Vigna Cassia)

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 40543
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

second half C5 AD (staurogram; palaeography) (AD 451 – AD 500)
Evidence
lettering, textual-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

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