ISic000502: Marcus Paconius constructrs a temple to the Genius of the colonia

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ISic000502
Language
Latin
Text type
dedication
Object type
block
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • text of CIL

Physical description

Support

Description
Mommsen describes as a stone, 7 palms long and 1 palm wide (i.e. high), with good lettering.
Object type
block
Object condition
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Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
stone

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Technique
chiselled
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Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum high certainty
Provenance found
Seen by Mommsen and others, embedded in the architrave of the door of the chiesa di S. Nicolo', in the Norman castle (subsequently the municipal prison); no record of autopsy since Mommsen.
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Current location

Place
Marsala, Sicilia
Repository
chiesa di S. Nicolo, in the former castle
Autopsy
None

Date

Post-193 CE, the transformation of Lilybaeum into a colonia (AD 193 - AD 300)
Evidence
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Text type

dedication

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
3/27/2026