ISic000260: I.Sicily inscription 000260
- ID
- ISic000260
- Language
- Latin
- Text type
- unknown
- Object type
- plaque
- Status
- No data
- Links
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Apparatus criticus
- Text of autopsy;
- line.1: The character at the end of line 1 could equally be a 'C' or 'O'
- line.2: At the end of line 2, there is clearly a straight line, with a serif, but there is no indication of what letter this is due to the break in the stone.
Physical description
Support
- Description
- Fragment of dull grey stone plaque, set into modern mortar and traces of modern paint on sides. Top and bottom edges are original, sides are broken. A long chip in the face on the top right.
- Object type
- plaque
- Material
- marble
- Condition
- No data
- Dimensions
- height: 14.5 cm, width: 14 cm, depth: 5 (not including mortar) 6.2 (including mortar) cm
Inscription
- Layout
- Two lines of a highly fragmentary Latin inscription. Use of seagul shaped interpuncts
- Text condition
- No data
- Lettering
-
- Letter heights
- Line 1: 46mm
- Line 2: 47-48mm
- 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 , 18
- Autopsy
- Antoniou, 2023-07-06. In the Depositi of Museo Civico Baldassare Romano, room 1, scaffold 13, shelf 3
- Map
Date
Imperial - good letters(?) (AD 1 – AD 300)- Evidence
- No data
Text type
commentary
Bivona (1994) suggests that the second line refers to a member of the gens Visellia, although this can only be conjecture based on the fragmentary nature of the stone.
Bibliography
- Digital editions
- TM: 285211
- EDR: 127144
- EDH: -
- EDCS: 10900682
- PHI: -
- Printed editions
Citation and editorial status
- Editor
- Jonathan Prag
- Principal contributor
- Jonathan Prag
- Contributors
- Last revision
- 4/26/2024