ISic000125: I.Sicily inscription 000125

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 2018-07-10.
ID
ISic000125
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular plaque of compact white limestone. Intact, but chipped upper left corner and with surface corrosion on the front right; some chipping also of the lower front. The left edge and the lower edge are intact, roughly finished. The top edge and teh right edge are intact but cut back behind. The rear is roughly finished.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 24.5 cm, width: 34.8 cm, depth: 6.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of latin letters, the second line centered, the others maintaining a consistent left margin.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 36-48mm
Line 2: 33-36mm
Line 3: 32-34mm
Line 4: 28-33mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found in 1826, in Termini Imerese, in piano di S. Antonio outside Porta Girgenti (so Romano)
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 99
Autopsy
Prag 2022-07-06, on display in the museo civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Note the fact that the father was a Roman citizen, since he is referenced with a praenomen in the deceased's name (M.f.), while only using his Greek cognomen in line 3. Bivona suggests he was a freedman from Asia minor on the basis of the son's cognomen.

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Citation and editorial status

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