ISic000392: I.Sicily inscription 000392

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 by students of Liceo Lazzaro, 2017)
ID
ISic000392
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • text of Korhonen, checked against photo;
  • 1: MManganaro

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, inserted in modern times into plaster, obscuring the rear and true thickness of the fragment. Lower edge may be original, broken on the other sides.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 37 cm, width: 40 cm, depth: between 3 and 8 cm

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Latin letters preserved, of decreasing size.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 75mm
Line 2-3: 60-65mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Seen by Carrara in 1639, said to be in a house near the Collegio de Padri Gesuiti, Catania

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania , 334
Autopsy
sala VI.142, mag. del cort.
Map

Date

1st century CE or early 2nd century CE (K) (AD 1 – AD 150)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/16/2023