ISic000226: Funerary epitaph for Tertia

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic000226
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular yellow-grey marble plaque, left and right sides broken, top and bottom edges are original. Face is polished, rear is mostly flat.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm, width: 23.5 cm, depth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Two lines of complete Latin. Use of triangular interpuncts.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 22-25mm
Line 2: 17-19mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found in excavations in the garden of the Convento dei Cappuccini, in Termini Imerese, in 1889, during the construction of new buildings, together with and .
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 37
Autopsy
Antoniou, 2023-07-06. In the Depositi of Museo Civico Baldassare Romano, room 1, scaffold 13, shelf 5
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The plaque is very simple, recording only one name for the deceased, and her age in years. Another Tertia, a freedwoman, is atteseted in Thermae Himeraeae, ISic000054.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/25/2024