ISic000139: Funerary inscription for Calemera

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 2023-07-07.
ID
ISic000139
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 1: Bivona: Dís (but I is tall, not with apex)

Physical description

Support

Description
Small marble plaque, intact on left, above and below, but partially damaged on the right side, with upper and lower right corners missing. The left edge is straight, the lower and upper edges more irregular. The rear is flat with traces of (modern?) mortar. Paint (modern) on the sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 20.5 cm, width: 23.5 cm, depth: 2.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Latin text, approximately centred on the stone.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 30-34 (I = 45)mm
Line 2: 26-32mm
Line 3: 26-35mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found in early 1880 'in un fondo fuori di porta Messina, appartenente al sig. Sinibaldi Oddo', together with ISic000172, and donated to the museum
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 29
Autopsy
Alex Antoniou 2023-07-07, in the storeroom of the Museo Civico, Termini Imerese.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The name Calemera, well atested in Rome, is not otherwise attested in Sicily.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/16/2025