ISic000132: Funerary inscription of Aquillius Agathon

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 06.07.2023
ID
ISic000132
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 1: It is unclear whether the mark across the top of the I is an apex or damage.

Physical description

Support

Description
A small plaque of yellow-white marble, worn on the surface, and heavily abraded on the left side; the rear finished smooth. Traces of mortar and red paint on the sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 20.5 cm, width: 2.05 cm, depth: 2.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Latin letters, seemingly roughly aligned on the left, decreasing in size.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 36-39 (I = 49)mm
Line 2: 28-31mm
Line 3: 28-33mm
Line 4: 27-31mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found in 1883, in Termini Imerese, in piano di S. Antonio outside Porta Girgenti (so Romano)
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Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 31
Autopsy
Antoniou 2023-07-06 in the storeroom of the museo civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

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