ISic000006: Funerary inscription for Gaius Iulius Felix and Appuleia Rogata

Photo J. Prag, courtesy  Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
Photo J. Prag, courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
ID
ISic000006
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 30.5 cm, width: 30.5 cm, depth: 1.5-2.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-4: 25-35mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Cossura
Provenance found
Found on Cossura (Pantelleria)

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 3506
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st — 2nd century CE (AD 1 - AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The absence of the ages for both individuals is unusual, and the best explanation is that the inscription was engraved before the death of the two and was never completed with their age of death. Theoretically, the age might have been added using paint, which has since been lost.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/2/2025