ISic000426: Fragmentary monumental Latin text

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
ISic000426
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific; funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Manganaro (1989)

Physical description

Support

Description
Four joining fragments of a large marble slab, intact only along the lower edge.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: 41 cm, width: 81 cm, depth: 2 cm

Inscription

Layout
The text includes significant white space, implying a monumental public text
Text condition
incomplete
Letter heights
Line 1-2: 60mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found (in re-use) either in the (so Orsi in NSA) or from the Catacomb of S. Maria di GesĂą (Orsi in Taccuini and the Museum inventory record)
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 286
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific; funerary

commentary

The text was (re)published by Orsi in NSA explicitly because Mommsen’s minimalist record in CIL X.7146, apparently derived from Schubring, was deficient, recording only the second line and with no further details. Manganaro republished it again, without acknowledging that Orsi had already read the remnants of the first line correctly. The text has not yet been located in the museum, and only drawings by Orsi (Taccuini) and Manganaro are available. There is a large vacat below and the lower edge is intact, so this appears to be parts of the final two lines of the text. Manganaro suggests that Cerialis is a priestly title, rather than a cognomen.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/11/2021