ISic000279: Dedication to Caracalla

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 L. Campagna 2005-11-23
ID
ISic000279
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of CIL checked against photograph;
  • 1: Mommsen/Bormann: IMP·CAE, but there is no interpunct on the stone
  • 3: Mommsen/Bormann: [maximi divi m], presumably F omitted in error.

Physical description

Support

Description
Marble plaque, intact above and on left, broken on the right and below, approx. 31 cm wide by 36 cm tall
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 36 cm, width: 31 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Six lines of Latin, filling the surviving face. The first line starts closer to the left margin of the stone.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-6: 48 (initial I is 56)mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Found in 1867 at Taormina 'in monasterio', according to Mommsen and Bormann ap. CIL

Current location

Place
Taormina, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium del Teatro Antico , 42
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

If the proposed reconstruction is correct, as a dedication to Caracalla, dates to 211-217 CE (AD 211 – AD 217)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/1/2024