ISic000121: I.Sicily inscription 000121

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 2023-07-06
ID
ISic000121
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 3: Bivona: COIVG[I] (but the stone is intact)

Physical description

Support

Description
A thin plaque of pale grey marble with dark-grey veins. Intact left and right, irregular (broken) top and bottom, although the text is intact. Rear finished smooth, edges rough.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 19 cm, width: 27 cm, depth: 1.6-1.2 (top to bottom) cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of justified text, with approximate guidelines top of line 1, base of lines 2 and 3.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 32-36mm
Line 2: 34-36mm
Line 3: 26-32 (but O is 14)mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 4-6mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 13-15mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
First recorded by Romano in 1829, found in Termini subsequent to the second edition of Torremuzza (1784).

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 39
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-06, in stores of Museo civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/16/2025