ISic000094: Honorific for Marcus Cestius, primus pilus and duumvir

ID
ISic000094
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
unknown
Status
No data
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Edition

G. Gualtherus, Siciliae obiacentium insular et Bruttiorum antiquae tabulae cum animadversionibus Georgii Gualtheri (Panormi, 1624) Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Gualtherus;
  • 3: Gualtherus omits interpunct between TRIB and MIL (inserted by Mommsen).

Physical description

Support

Description
Likely to be either a statue base or a plaque from a base, but no details are recorded.
Object type
unknown
Material
stone
Condition
unknown
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Gualtherus presents the text over four lines, the name filling line 1.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Observed by Gualtherus (1624) in the 'praetorium', i.e. town hall of Termini Imerese; but not seen subsequently.

Current location

Lost.

Date

Most likely to be one of the first generation of colonial settlers, and so probably Augustan in date, and (as Wilson 1990, p.369 n.58) unlikely to be later than Claudius. (21 BC – AD 41)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

honorific

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/24/2025