Memorial Tablet for Epagathus
Dublin Core
Title
Memorial Tablet for Epagathus
Subject
LIMESTONE
Description
A rectangular limestone memorial tablet inscribed with five lines of Greek.
Translation:
Epagathus
good
and blameless
farewell
He lived 70 years
The single name and record of lifespan are features typically found in Christian epitaphs, while the use of Greek was common on funerary tablets in Sicily where the Greek language, introduced by earlier Greek colonists, persisted alongside Latin during the period of the Roman Empire. The letters are rounghly carved and irregularly laid out. The tablet is extensively chipped aroung the edges, particularly on the bottom and the right hand side. Three irregular chunks are missing from the bottom edge while the top right hand corner has a large piece missing from the front face of the tablet. An indentation towards the top of the right hand side was perhaps made to hold a clamp. There is a small chip below this recess. A light brown incrustation covers the surface, but the white of the limestone is evident where it has been scratched.
Function:
A memorial tablet.
Translation:
Epagathus
good
and blameless
farewell
He lived 70 years
The single name and record of lifespan are features typically found in Christian epitaphs, while the use of Greek was common on funerary tablets in Sicily where the Greek language, introduced by earlier Greek colonists, persisted alongside Latin during the period of the Roman Empire. The letters are rounghly carved and irregularly laid out. The tablet is extensively chipped aroung the edges, particularly on the bottom and the right hand side. Three irregular chunks are missing from the bottom edge while the top right hand corner has a large piece missing from the front face of the tablet. An indentation towards the top of the right hand side was perhaps made to hold a clamp. There is a small chip below this recess. A light brown incrustation covers the surface, but the white of the limestone is evident where it has been scratched.
Function:
A memorial tablet.
Creator
AD 300 - 400
Source
Purchased from Charles Ede Ltd, London, 2001.
Date
Italy
Sicily
Identifier
2.001
Coverage
Italic
Roman
Late Antique
Files
Citation
AD 300 - 400, “Memorial Tablet for Epagathus,” RD Milns Antiquities Museum Online Exhibitions, accessed April 19, 2024, https://uqantiquitiesonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/319.