ISic000504: I.Sicily inscription 000504

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ID
ISic000504
Language
Latin
Text type
dedication
Object type
unknown
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text: CIL;
  • line.5: Mommsen oper(a) vel oper(is) opinor

Physical description

Support

Description
The support is not described, although it is most likely a plaque
Object type
unknown
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
stone

Inscription

Layout
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Text condition
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Technique
chiselled
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Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Dug up in Marsala, c.1800, subsequently transferred to the Bishop's palace in Copenhagen

Current location

Place
Copenhagen, Sicilia
Repository
Bishop's Palace
Autopsy
None

Date

First or second century CE (AD 1 - AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

dedication

commentary

Manganaro suggests 'ex testamento' rather than 'iussu', and notes that the onomastics are Domitianic. SIMBVL is suggested by Mommsen possibly to be a transliteration of συμβολαιογράφος, a suggestion broadly followed by Manganaro.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
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Last revision
4/30/2021