ISic000424: Funerary inscription of Burnia Primula

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ID
ISic000424
Status
draft
Language
Latin
Object type
funerary altar
Text type
funerary

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of CIL

Physical description

Support

Description
The somewhat damaged upper portion of a quadrangular funerary altar, with relief carved acroteria/horns above an elaborate cornice, the inscription on the face below the cornice.
Object type
funerary altar
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 65.5 cm,聽width: 90 cm,聽depth: cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
traces of six lines of Latin
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Listed as prov. 'incerta' in the inventory, and so presumed to be from Syracuse. Currently in storage in the archaeological park of Neapolis.

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
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Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Roman imperial (CE 51 - CE 250)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

The text first recorded in the inventory and then by Mommsen in CIL, on the basis of a squeeze and observation also by Schubring.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
9/25/2026
License
Commons CC-BY 4.0