ISic000254: I.Sicily inscription 000254

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
ISic000254
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of autopsy;
  • line.2: Bivona (1994) records an unclear O at the end of line 2. This might simply be an illusion created by the break in the stone.

Physical description

Support

Description
Small fragment of dark grey, veiny stone plaque. Left edge is original, broken otherwise. Small imperfection at bottom of front face, with traces of mortar. Rear is flat, with rusted notes on the inscription fused to surface.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 16 (at left), 14 (at right) cm, width: 11 (at maximum) cm, depth: 3.7 cm

Inscription

Layout
Two lines of fragmentary Latin text. Interpunct in line 2 appears as a rounded bracket. There is a large vacat at the bottom of the stone, indicating that there was likely no third line.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: at least 29mm
Line 2: 46-48mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
The place, date, and circumstances of the discovery are unknown, but the inscription is assumed to come from Termini Imerese

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano , 25
Autopsy
Antoniou, 2023-07-07. In the Depositi of Museo Civico Baldassare Romano, room 1, scaffold 13, shelf 3
Map

Date

Imperial - excellent workmanship (?) (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/26/2024