ISic000126: Funerary epitaph for P. Alfesius Salvus

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 2023-07-05.
ID
ISic000126
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text on basis of autopsy;
  • 2: Bivona: SalvĂ­ (i.e. marks an apex, but the letter is merely tall).

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular grey plaque, very well squared, all sides original. Rear is flat. Traces of modern red paint. There is a thin horizontal crack in the upper part of the stone.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 23.5 cm, width: 28.5 cm, depth: 8.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Latin text. First two lines are roughly centred, but final two are right-aligned on stone leaving a large vacat on left.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 29-33mm
Line 2: 26-32mm
Line 3: 42-47mm
Line 4: 40-42mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found in Termini Imerese outside the porta di Caccamo (= Porta di Girgenti), in a burial ground.
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 105
Autopsy
Antoniou, 2023-07-05. In the Depositi of Museo Civico Baldassare Romano, room 1, scaffold 8, shelf 6.
Map

Date

Bivona attributed to C1 BCE on palaeographic grounds, but it could also be slightly later (100 BC – AD 50)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Whilst the nomen Alfesius is unique, Salvus (or Salvius) is extremely common among freedpersons and enslaves persons.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/5/2023