ISic000057: Epitaph for Laelia Coprilla

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ID
ISic000057
Status
draft
Language
Latin
Object type
plaque
Text type
funerary

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of ILTermini (note that the line divider between lines 4 and 5 is there omitted)

Physical description

Support

Description
A thick square plaque of limestone
Object type
plaque
Object condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 36 cm,聽width: 36 cm,聽depth: 15.5 cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
The text is centred on the stone, with the last line much smaller
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Plainly cut letters, or a fairly tall and narrow module, with simple bar serifs; C and O remain quite wide.

Letter heights
Line 1-4: 50-60mm
Line 5: 20-25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Observed in Termini already by Gualtherus 1624.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
3558
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

First or second century CE (CE 1 - CE 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The style of plaque, a thick heavy square block of this sort is quite typical for Thermae Himeraeae.

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/25/2026