ISic000127: Funerary epitaph for Gaius Alfius

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
ISic000127
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 1: Trace of a vertical after CEL
  • 2: It is certain that there is no I after ANN, indicating abbreviation followed probably by interpunct and numeral.

Physical description

Support

Description
Grey marble plaque (with blue veining), broken on the right, intact on the other three sides. Rear is uneven.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15 cm, width: 28.5 cm, depth: 5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Two lines of latin letters, seemingly centred on the stone and beginning from the top, with vacat below.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 37-39mm
Line 2: 37-41mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found among the building material in the ruins of the castle.
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Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 27
Autopsy
Alex Antoniou, 2023-07-05, in the storerooms of the museo civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 50 – AD 300)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Members of the gens Alfia are well attested in Sicily, including at Thermae Himeraeae, see ISic000169, but also, amongst others, at Syracuse, see ISic003379 and Centuripae, see ISic000700.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/24/2025