ISic000474: Funerary inscription for Calbentius Motho

Photo J. Prag, courtesy Museo archeologico regionale P.Griffo, Agrigento
ID
ISic000474
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description
A slab of coarse bluish marble. Intact on all sides, but missing the top right corner. The sides are rough, the rear is finished and smooth.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.7 cm, width: 24.8 cm, depth: 2.4 cm

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of latin letters with guidelines marked out for a sixth also. The text is centred, but slightly off the horizontal; hedera/interpuncts mark the line ends.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 10-11mm
Line 2: 11-13mm
Line 3: 10-13mm
Line 4: 11-13mm
Line 5: 11-14mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 11mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 5-8mm
Interlineation line 3 to 4: 5-8mm
Interlineation line 4 to 5: 4-5mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agrigentum
Provenance found
Found near the so-called 'Tomb of Theron', and donated to the musem by Evangelista Zucchi (so Mommsen in CIL); seen by Mommsen in 1877.
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo , C1881
Autopsy
2018.07.17 Prag, on display in the museum
Map

Date

Roman Imperial period (AD 50 – AD 250)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

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