ISic000017: Dedication to Geta as Caesar

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo R. Henzel, 2016-11-07
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo R. Henzel, 2016-11-07
ID
ISic000017
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
base
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of ILMusPalermo

Physical description

Support

Description
Large limestone plaque, broken into three fragments, which have been reconnected. The lower portion of the plaque is lost. The plaque has a substantial plain moulding around the outer edge. The first line of text has been chiselled out.
Object type
base
Material
limestone
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 73 cmwidth: 61.5 cmdepth: 6.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 2: 40mm
Line 3-11: 33-35mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Panhormus
Provenance found
Transported from a private house to the town hall by the time of Fazellus (1558), and long on display in the Palazzo delle Aquile, before being transferred to the museum, where it is now on display in the main courtyard

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 3517
Autopsy
Observed on display
Map

Date

10th December 198—30th June 199 CE (AD 198 - AD 199)
Evidence
office

Text type

honorific

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/13/2026