ISic000368: I.Sicily inscription 000368

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 14.10.2016
ID
ISic000368
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Korhonen 2004, checked against photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
A rectangular marble plaque, intact on all sides (a chip to the lower edge), with traces of mortar around the edges. The rear is plainly finished.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 18.5 cm, width: 29.5 cm, depth: 3.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Four lines of Latin text, with line 1 not exactly centred (left of centre), and a roughly uniform left margin lines for lines 2-4. Line 1 is larger. The text is heavily repainted with a brown paint.
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-4: 17-31mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Dug up outside the Porta Stesicohori, prior to 1741.
Map

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 575
Autopsy
sala VII.219, mag. sup.
Map

Date

Second half of 1st century CE or 2nd century CE (Korhonen) (AD 50 – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/17/2024