ISic000112: I.Sicily inscription 000112

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 2023-07-04
ID
ISic000112
Language
Latin
Text type
building
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 1: Although 'C' is most plausible for the first letter, 'R' is theoretically possible also
  • 2: Only the right half of the first numeral is visible, but ↂ (10000) is equally possible.

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, intact lower right corner, broken above and to the left. Rear and sides are finished smooth.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 19.8 cm, width: 16 cm, depth: 3.5-4.0 (top to bottom) cm

Inscription

Layout
Parts of two lines of Latin letters. A faint guideline is visible approx. 1/4 of the letter height above the baseline of line 1.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: greater than 59mm
Line 2: 50-62mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 13-15mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Described by Mommsen in CIL as recently found in Termini, and as having been seen by him in 1878.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 126
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-04, Termini Museo Civico, in storage.
Map

Date

Dated by Duncan-Jones to before 100 CE, which Bivona accepts on basis of letter-forms. (AD 1 – AD 100)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

building

commentary

Mommsen notes that this cannot be part of CIL 10.7360 = ISic000111 (different material).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/9/2024