ISic000322: I.Sicily inscription 000322

Photo by students of Liceo Lazzaro, courtesy Museo Civico di Catania
ID
ISic000322
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Korhonen 2004 and photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
A marble tablet which has been cut down on all sides into a circular form for later re-use; the text is damaged on the left side but complete on the right. The reverse is finished smooth.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 21 cmwidth: 19.5 cmdepth: 3 cm

Inscription

Layout
The text appears to have maintained a consistent left margin, rather than being centred upon the stone; seven lines of Latin with an irregular right margin.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 10mm
Line 2: 7-10mm
Line 3: 11mm
Line 4: 10mm
Line 5: 10mm
Line 6: 7mm
Line 7: 9mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation lines 1-2: 10mm
Interlineation lines 2-3: 12mm
Interlineation lines 3-4: 13-15mm
Interlineation lines 4-5: 10mm
Interlineation lines 5-6: 5mm
Interlineation lines 6-7: 7mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Noted by Amico 1741 as found recently 'prope Collegium Soc. Jesu refossa", Catania

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 445
Autopsy
sala VII.89, mag. sup.
Map

Date

End 1st century CE or 2nd century CE (so Korhonen) (AD 75 – AD 200)
Evidence
textual-context

Text type

funerary

commentary

Also available as EpiCUM no.397

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/24/2025