ISic000473: Dedication to the Concordia of the Agrigentines

Photo M. Metcalfe
ID
ISic000473
Language
Latin
Text type
dedication
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
A large slab of white marble, intact on all sides (a break on the lower right corner/right side has been repaired). Two rectangular clamp holes are visible on the top, and a further two on the base. The front is finished, but not polished; the sides are rough finished; the rear is smooth.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 102.5 cm, width: 81 cm, depth: 14-15.5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Seven lines of large Latin letters, centred on the stone. The planning of the text is uneven, with awkward word-breaks (lines 1-2 and 3-4, and some compression at line end, especially line 5
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 65-71mm
Line 2: 68-74mm
Line 3: 70-74mm
Line 4: 72-75mm
Line 5: 67-72mm
Line 6: 67-74mm
Line 7: 74-78mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 50-52mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 47-51mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 50-52mm
Interlineation line 4 to 5: 50-53mm
Interlineation line 5 to 6: 52-55mm
Interlineation line 6 to 7: 45-52mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
Found in the area of the Temple of Concord in the C16 AD
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo , C1970 (?)
Autopsy
On display.
Map

Date

Mid-1st century CE (AD 1 – AD 100)
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
1/19/2021