ISic000197: Fragmentary Latin text recording a Caius Metellus

ID
ISic000197
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Romano, followed by Mommsen and Bivona

Physical description

Support

Description
Described by Romano as 'frammento di bella lapide, alta pal. 1 siciliano e lung pal. 2 incirca". That implies marble, but there can be no certainty.
Object type
plaque
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 25 cm, width: 50 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Recorded by Romano as found at Termini between 1838 and 1854; not however seen by Mommsen or others since.

Current location

Lost.

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bivona infers that the missing space on the right is not great, and so assumes the absence of a cognomen, but it is not entirely clear why this should be so. "Cla" in line 2 is likely to be a tribal abbreviation.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/26/2024