ISic000058: Epitaph for Marcus Lollius Myrtilus

ID
ISic000058
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of ILTermini and Mommsen

Physical description

Support

Description
Three joining fragments of a marble plaque, intact left, right and above, but broken across the lower edge.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm, width: 33 cm, depth: 2.5-3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Latin centred on the stone, with the name broken across lines 2-3 to maintain symmetry.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 25mm
Line 2: 23-27mm
Line 3: 25-30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Seen by Bormann in 1867 in collection of an antiquities dealer at Termini, sold in 1873 to Palermo museum with several others. Now in Palermo museum.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas , 3559
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Roman imperial period, with D.M. (AD 50 – AD 250)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/24/2025