ISic000191: 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 J. Prag 2023-07-07
ID
ISic000191
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy ;
  • 4: Trace of a serif on the right edge, compatible with V

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a dark blue-grey and white variegated marle plaque, intact on the left, including the upper left corner, but broken top, right and below. Finished rough and uneven behind, with left edge cut back from the front.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 23.5 cm, width: 12.5 cm, depth: 2.8-3.3 (bottom to top) cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Latin letters, line 1 set far left, lines 2-4 indented with a consistent margin. Only 8mm is preserved below line 4, leaving it uncertain whether the text continued below or not.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 42mm
Line 2: 32-33mm
Line 3: 28-29mm
Line 4: 25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 9-10mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 13-15mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 17mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
First recorded by Romano (1838), originally walled into the front of the 'Casa del Civico Magistrato' in Termini before being moved to the civic museum.

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 33
Autopsy
Prag 2023-07-07, depositi of the Museo Civico, room 1, rack 3, shelf 2.
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
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
7/24/2025