ISic000116: I.Sicily inscription 000116

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; scanned from ILTermini
ID
ISic000116
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

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Physical description

Support

Description
A small limestone stele, rounded at the top, somewhat chipped around the edges, and broken off across the base. The face is only roughly chiselled flat, rather than finished. The rear is unfinished.
Object type
stele
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 27 cm, width: 34 cm, depth: 16 cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 55-60mm
Line 2: 35-45mm
Line 3: 40mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Seen by Gualtherus fixed to the townhall, on the right side outside the doors, no later than 1624; subsequently seen in the museum by Mommsen, and by Bivona prior to 1994.

Current location

Could not be located in the museum in 2022-2023.

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The name is assumed to be a female Greek name, with the Greek nominative ending in -e (Manganaro however considered the name to be masculine).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/10/2024