ISic000041: Funerary epitaph for Cn. Caninius Anicetus

ID
ISic000041
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
Links
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Edition

Livia Bivona, Iscrizioni latine lapidarie del Museo di Palermo, Sikelia 5 (Palermo: Flaccovio, 1970) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of ILPalermo checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
A plaque in the local red breccia
Object type
plaque
Material
breccia (di San Marco)
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 44.5 cm, width: 42.5 cm, depth: 4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Text is centred, with almost a full blank line between the name of the deceased and the phrase recording the dedicant.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 25-30mm
Line 3: 20-30mm
Line 4: 23mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Sant'Agata di Militello
Provenance found
Found in situ covering a tomb, in area of via s. Giuseppe, under an overpass of the Palermo-Messina railway at km.124 + 436
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 3542
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

first century CE (AD 1 – AD 100)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/30/2025