ISic000050: Funerary epitaph for Nasennia Euphrosyne

ID
ISic000050
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from photograph;
  • 4: Mommsen, Bivona: XLIII; note that Bivona incorrectly states that Mommsen read "ann(is)".

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque broken in two but reconnected.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 28 cm, width: 42.5 cm, depth: 2.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Latin, approximately centred on the stone
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Simple serifs, slightly irregular lettering, open P, Y with detached right arm.

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Found in Taormina (no details recorded), transferred to Palermo museum in 1880.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 3551
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

later first or second century CE (AD 51 - AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

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