ISic000048: Dedication to Isis and Serapis by Caius Ennius Secundus

ID
ISic000048
Language
Latin
Text type
dedication
Object type
base
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Mommsen;
  • 3: expansion first proposed by Schoene

Physical description

Support

Description
Small quadrangular base in marble (or the local Taormina breccia?), with a quadrangular depression in the centre with holes at the four corners.
Object type
base
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 10.5 cm, width: 23.5 cm, depth: 27 cm

Inscription

Layout
Latin text over three lines, intended to be centred on the stone, but the right margin is poorly controlled and the text runs up against the edge.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 18mm
Line 2: 15mm
Line 3: 15mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Acquired in 1868 from D. Gaetano Zucchero of Taormina, having been found in the area of the Chiesa di San Pancrazio, together with a statue of a priestess of Isis

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 3549
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

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

Text type

dedication

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/31/2024