ISic000107: I.Sicily inscription 000107

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J.Prag 2018-07-10
ID
ISic000107
Language
Latin
Text type
dedication
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • Line1: Mommsen: .ILISET · KR; Bivona: [-]plebei tr[-]
  • Line2: Mommsen: [ded]ICATIONE; Bivona: [-]catione[-]

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a white marble plaque, broken on all sides. The rear is finished smooth.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm, width: 16.5 cm, depth: 2.6 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of two lines of tall narrow latin letters, still with extensive red paint in the letters. Traces of a faint guideline between the two lines; possible traces of a supraline from a third line below.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: greater than 71mm
Line 2: 52-57mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 17mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, already observed by Mommsen in the museum prior to 1883.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 97
Autopsy
Prag 2022-07-06, on display in the museum.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/3/2025