ISic000256: I.Sicily inscription 000256

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 2023-07-06
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 2023-07-06
ID
ISic000256
Status
edited
Language
Latin
Object type
plaque
Text type
unknown

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of autopsy ;
  • 1: Bivona: si]BI?

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of dull grey stone plaque. Right side is the original edge, all other sides broken. Rear is flat, except for the bevelled original edge and modern mortar.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 11.5 (at left), 13 (at right) cm, width: 11.5 cm, depth: 3.1 (without mortar, 3.8 with) cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.marble > unspecified

Inscription

Layout
One line of a very fragmentary monumental Latin inscription. Traces of something which may be letters above the fragmentary like, but unlikely.
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Serifs used, deeply and neatly carved, although consistency of the width of carving varies slightly (esp. in the first letter). The two letters here are of different heights. No letter survives in its entirety.

Letter heights
Line 1: I at least 97mm, B at least 76mmmm
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, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Civico Baldassare Romano
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Autopsy
Antoniou, 2023-07-06. In the Depositi of Museo Civico Baldassare Romano, room 1, scaffold 13, shelf 3
Map

Date

Imperial -excellent letters (?) (CE 1 - CE 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

commentary

Given the size of the letters, the end of a name, such as Baebi, seems much more likely than a pronoun such as sibi or tibi (and, contra Bivona, there is no indication of an apex on the I, only the taller letter). The traces visible above the preserved line do not seem to be formal letters.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/10/2026