ISic000300: Dedication of a lamp by /Annia Zosima

ID
ISic000300
Language
Latin
Text type
votive
Object type
lamina
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Amico;
  • 1: Mommsen prints an interpunct between the names, but this is not in Amico.

Physical description

Support

Description
A bronze (or copper) lamina, with flat spheres depicted on each side and a circular handle projecting above, to present a type of tabula ansata, and with a nail hole for fixing.
Object type
lamina
Material
bronze
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No formal details recorded, Amico reports as over three lines.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Found in Catania, shortly before 1741, beneath the Church of S. Maria Ogninella, and in 1741 in the possession of one Vinc. Michaelangelum, an area near the ancient city walls and in an area of burials (so Amico)
Map

Current location

Lost

Date

Roman imperial in date (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

votive

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/7/2025