ISic000129: I.Sicily inscription 000129

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 07.07.23
ID
ISic000129
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 1: Bivona: [---]ANTO[---]; Romano: ANTON
  • 2: Bivona, Romano: [---]LASA[---]
  • 3: Previous editors have not observed traces of a third line; the top of a single letter is visible.

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a thick marble plaque, intact along the top edge, broken left, right and below. The rear is roughly finished and uneven. Mortar and red paint around the edges.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 10.6 cm, width: 12.4 cm, depth: 2.8-3.4 (right to left) cm

Inscription

Layout
Two lines of Latin letters, with visible guidelines, with traces of a third line below.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 23-25mm
Line 2: 26-27mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 11mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found among the ruins on 'Piano di S. Giovanni' prior to 1838
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 47
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-07, in the stores of the Museo Civico
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/3/2025