ISic000123: I.Sicily inscription 000123

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
ISic000123
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 4: the A lacks a crossbar; the following interpunct is doubled.

Physical description

Support

Description
Square plaque of grey-brown limestone. Behind the face the stone has the form of a truncated pyramid, of which the face is the base. Sides are finished and picked, presumably for fixing in a wall. The rear is also finished with a picked surface. The surface is heavily discoloured due to rust from the storage shelves.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 19 cm, width: 19.6 cm, depth: 12 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of latin letters irregularly centred on the upper part of the face.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 19-22mm
Line 2: 18-21mm
Line 3: 17-26mm
Line 4: 17-28mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
First described by Romano in 1854, found in Termini Imerese; seen by Mommsen, and by Marconi in 1931; Bivona could not locate it.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 53
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-07, in the storerooms of the Museo Civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 50 – AD 250)
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
6/16/2025