ISic000401: Candelabrum dedicated to Minerva

Photo J. Prag 29.04.2022: Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014
ID
ISic000401
Language
Latin
Text type
dedication
Object type
candelabrum
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based upon autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
Part of a marble candelabrum, ovoid in shape, with a moulding around the upper part (below which runs the inscription), and floral decoration in light relief on the body; a square socket with circular hole at the base of the surviving section.
Object type
candelabrum
Material
marble
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 82 cm, width: 28 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The inscription runs around one side of the upper part of the surviving section, immediately below a rounded rim moulding. The epigraphic field is 34 cm long, and 6.5 cm high.
Text condition
complete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 22-28mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Inventory notes found in 'podere di Rizza'; CIL observes in 1876 together with an aedicula thought to be of Cybele, in 1876 in a well in Achradina.

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 229
Autopsy
Prag 2022-04-28
Map

Date

Imperial period (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/10/2022