ISic000439: I.Sicily inscription 000439

Photo J.Prag (2018-09-15), Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014
ID
ISic000439
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • line.1: Mommsen: O; the trace of the horizontal tail stroke of a letter runs in under the left side of the O, perhaps the tail of an R?
  • line.2: Mommsen: FE; Orsi: FP the second letter could be P or R, but lack of interpunct before and line of the break suggest R.

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a fine white marble slab, broken on all sides and rough on the reverse.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 17.4 cm, width: 11.7 cm, depth: 2.3 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of two lines of monumental text.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 2: 81mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 29mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded; first noted in CIL 10 of 1883.

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
Autopsy
Prag, 2018-09-15
Map

Date

1st or 2nd century CE (AD 1 – AD 200)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

The fragment is clearly part of a monumental high imperial text, but too little survives to make much of it. Mommsen's brief record implies considerable haste. Orsi recorded the fragment in his initial survey of the museum material in late 1888. No details survive of the fragment's provenance, but it can safely be assumed to be from urban Syracuse.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/5/2021