ISic000689: I.Sicily inscription 000689

Photo J. Prag (2018)
ID
ISic000689
Language
Latin
Text type
quarry mark
Object type
architrave
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text: Manganaro 1989

Physical description

Support

Description
Block of moulding with dentils from a monumental architrave
Object type
architrave
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is carved on the internal, roughly prepared surface, and therefore seemingly not visible within the construction; it is likely that there was more text preceding on this on an adjoining block
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tyndaris
Provenance found
Original discovery not recorded

Current location

Place
Tindari, Italy
Repository
Area archeologica di Tindari
Autopsy
Observed lying on open ground close to the theatre, on the site of ancient Tyndaris, 2018-07-07
Map

Date

1st or 2nd century CE (21 BC – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

quarry mark

commentary

Although Manganaro resolved as [?Aditu]s Tab(ularii) civ(itatis), as currently presented here (cf.ANRW 1988, p.38 n.180-181), this should surely be understood as a quarry mark, and requires fresh resolution.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/10/2021