ISic000171: Epitaph for C. Ducenius Epaphroditus

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 2023-07-05
ID
ISic000171
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Off-white marble plaque, intact on all sides, but heavily chipped on upper and lower left, and lower right. Parts of the upper and lower left face are missing. The edges and rear only roughly finished.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 19.2 cm, width: 26.1 (face only 23.5) cm, depth: 3.7-4.0 cm

Inscription

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

Letter heights
Line 1: 25mm
Line 2: 22-24mm
Line 3: 20-23mm
Line 4: 22-24mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 18mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 8mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 13-16mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found in Termini Imerese outside the porta di Caccamo (= Porta di Girgenti), in a burial, from where it passed to the Baron Iannelli, and subsequent the civic museum
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 11
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-05, in the storeroom of the museo civico (room 1, rack 8, shelf 1)
Map

Date

1st — 2nd century CE (AD 1 – AD 200)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

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