ISic000158: Funerary inscription for Coponia Chimenna

ID
ISic000158
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Gualtherus;
  • 3: Gualtherus 1624[1625]: ann(is), followed by Torremuzza.

Physical description

Support

Description
Described as 'marmor' by Gualtherus, and presented in the form of funerary plaque. No measurements are recorded.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Presented by Gualtherus with the name in larger letters filling line 1, the epithet in smaller letters centred for line 2, and line 3 in smaller letters filling the width of the stone.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
First recorded by Gualtherus 1624 'in vico S. Andreae, domi Mariani Stremulae', whence the assumption that the stone is from Termini. It has not been seen since.

Current location

Lost

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 250)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The only other attestation of the name Chimenna is in ISic000579, which Korhonen persuasively argues is also from Termini (and not from Rome as sometimes suggested).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/8/2024