ISic000186: Fragment of a later Roman Latin inscription

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
ISic000186
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 1: Bivona: I]ACET B[---]; the trace on the stone is compatible with S, preceded by a slight vacat; B is wholly implausible.

Physical description

Support

Description
Small fragment of a grey marble plaque. Intact along the top edge, broken on all other sides. The rear is chisel finished.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 13.2 cmwidth: 15.4 cmdepth: 2.5-2.2 (top to bottom) cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of two evenly spaced lines of Latin letters; use of double-dot interpuncts.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 43mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 19mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
First recorded by Bivona 1975/76, with no information about its exact provenance.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 15
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-07, Museo Civico Termini Imerese, depositi, room 1, rack 13, shelf 3
Map

Date

467 CE or 538 CE, depending on the consular identification (Ferrua) (AD 467 – AD 538)
Evidence
office

Text type

funerary

commentary

Ferrua proposes that IOAN is the name of the consul of either 467 CE (Puseo et Ioanne conns.) or 538 CE (Fl. Ioanne cons. per Orientem), presumably making this a dated funerary inscription.

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Citation and editorial status

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