ISic000402: Mosaic floor recording works dedicated to Venus

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic000402
Language
Latin
Text type
building
Object type
mosaic
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Gaggiotti 2002

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
mosaic
Material
stone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found in Syracuse, 11 February 1576 in the square of the no-longer extant S.Margarita, Piazza de Montedoro, an earlier name for Piazza d'Armi, in the vicinity of the ancient Roman forum
Map

Current location

Lost.

Date

orthography suggests late Republican date, perhaps late 2nd century BCE (150 BC – 50 BC)
Evidence
No data

Text type

building

commentary

The mosaic is lost, and modern readings are dependent upon an unsatisfactory text recorded in the antiquarian tradition

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021