ISic000083: Funerary inscription for Iulia Florentina

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ID
ISic000083
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

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Physical description

Support

Description
A slab of Luna marble, partly corroded in the centre. Slighty convex in form (thinner at the edges). Intact on all sides. The rear is unfinished.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 48.5 cm, width: 47 cm, depth: 3-4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Thirteen lines of Latin text, filling the available space.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Lines 1-13: 15-20mm
Interlinear heights
Not measured: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Found in July 1730, exact provenance not clear, but likely in the area of the necropolis immediately north of Piazza Stesicoro, either in the vicinity of the basilica on via Dott. Consoli, or else along via Sant'Euplio
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Current location

Place
Paris, France
Repository
Louvre , MA2994
Autopsy
None

Date

First quarter of the 4th century CE (on the basis of the office of 'corrector') (AD 301 – AD 329)
Evidence
office

Text type

funerary

commentary

A cast of the inscription is preserved in the Museo Civico di Catania, the original is in the Louvre.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/12/2025