ISic000697: Fragment of a Latin text containing numerals

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo L. Campagna 2004-11-16
ID
ISic000697
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text controlled against photograph;
  • 1: Manganaro: [- - ex test. HS]CC [- m.n. - ]; lapis: CO theoretically possible, but the close proximity of the characters suggests a numeral; lapis: the tail of the preceding character is visible on the stone, and is compatible with the foot of a diagonal stroke, most likely M therefore (since XCC is unlikely), assuming part of the numeral.
  • 2: Manganaro: [ut - - ]ex [usuris? -]; lapis: traces of serif perhaps lower right after interpunct.
  • 3: Manganaro: [?die natali distributio] XXIIII [- -]; lapis: space after final vertical.

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, broken on all sides, vacat below the text.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 14 cm, width: 9.5 cm, depth: 2.7 cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of three lines of Latin letters of equal height, vacat below.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 27mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
First published by Manganaro, details of original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place
Taormina, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium del Teatro Antico
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Roman Imperial (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Manganaro offers an entirely exempli gratia restoration following IlS 6468, suggesting it might be concerned with financial arrangements for funerary celebrations; but other interpretations are possible. The fragment was omitted from L'Annee Epigraphique 1989 no.339.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/5/2024