ISic000122: I.Sicily inscription 000122

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 2023-07-07
ID
ISic000122
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 3: Bivona: XI; in theory there is room in the lacuna at the end of the line for one more character, but almost certainly not more, so XII is also possible.

Physical description

Support

Description
3 joining fragments of a white crystalline marble plaque. Finished smooth on the rear. Part of the upper left and lower right are missing. The upper right and lower left edges of the epigraphic field are preserved, but the plaque is chipped and damaged on all sides with irregular and incomplete edges. Part of a raised moulding is preserved uppper right. Some modern red paint on the sides of the plaque.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 25.7 cm, width: 26 cm, depth: 2.8-4.1 (left to upper right) cm

Inscription

Layout
a short 3 line text centred in the stone with a regular left margin.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 40-44mm
Line 2: 42-45mm
Line 3: 38-42mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 10mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 7-12mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded, first recorded in the museum by Mommsen in CIL.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 71ac
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-07, storeroom of the museo civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 100 – AD 300)
Evidence
lettering, nomenclature

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/11/2024