ISic000177: Fragmentary Latin epitaph

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 from I.L. Termini
ID
ISic000177
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after photograph ;
  • 3: Mommsen: [dul].issimo; the trace is more readily compatible with I not C

Physical description

Support

Description
A marble plaque, preserving the lower right corner, but broken above, left and lower left.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 8.6 cm, width: 12.5 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of three lines of Latin letters, of which the first much larger than the second and third, with indications that the text was centred on 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
Found in the garden of the Convento dei Cappuccini in or shortly before 1832
Map

Current location

Although photographed in the museum in the C20, neither Bivona nor we ourselves have been able to find the stone in the museum.

Date

Imperial (AD 100 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

It seems likely that the plaque is the remains of a funerary inscription set up for a male individual by a female relative.

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Citation and editorial status

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