ISic000133: Funerary plot for Marcus Arruntius Brocchus

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 05.07.2023
ID
ISic000133
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
stele
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of from autopsy ;
  • 1: Romano: S. ARRVNTI; Mommsen, Bivona:.Arrunti[o---]
  • 2: Romano: BRO.CL; Mommsen, Bivona: Brocc[ho---]
  • 3: Romano: OCVS.PV LIC D; Mommsen, Bivona: [l]ocus pu[b]lic(e) d[atus]

Physical description

Support

Description
A stele or cippus with a rounded upper edge, of a dark grey limestone. Intact on the left, and on the left lower edge and probably the upper left edge also; but broken/damaged on the right upper and lower parts. The face is partly flaked off the surface, and a natural flaw runs vertically across the face of the stone also.
Object type
stele
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 38.7 cm, width: 32 cm, depth: 8.4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Latin letters, seemingly centred on the stone.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 34-39 (T is taller)mm
Line 2: 38-41mm
Line 3: 30-35mm
Line 4: 30-35mm
Line 5: 27-34mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 24-25mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 9-12mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 12-18mm
Interlineation line 4 to 5: 20-26mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
First recorded by Romano, who saw it in 1824 outside the entrance to the 'collegio degli studi pubblici' in Termini Imerese, and had it transferred to the 'Casa del Civico Magistrato'.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 51
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-05, in the store-room of the Museo Civico.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

There is a clear vacat after the surviving text.

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Citation and editorial status

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