ISic000141: Funerary inscription for Caninia Epitychia

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 2023-07-06.
ID
ISic000141
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Six joining fragments of a rectangular marble plaque, which is complete except for two small gaps in the upper edge. The face is reddish in colour, although the stone is not; the rear is smooth.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 23.5 cm, width: 37 cm, depth: 1.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Latin letters, decreasing in size and only approximately centred on the stone, with each line starting a little further to the right.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 41-46mm
Line 2: 38-42 (Y=53)mm
Line 3: 20-27mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
One of a number of pieces observed by Ferrua no later than 1941 and found in Termini during building work prior to that date.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 54ae
Autopsy
Antoniou 2023-07-06 in the storeroom of the Museo Civico, Termini Imerese.
Map

Date

2nd century CE (Ferrua) (AD 101 – AD 200)
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