ISic000712: I.Sicily inscription 000712

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic000712
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of stone, possibly broken in half vertically, for which no measurements are recorded.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The fragment preserves a single line of numerals of varying size.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
From material recovered from the necropolis uncovered c.1960 on via Dottor Consoli / via Androne, Catania; according to Manganaro it was subsequently moved to the Museo Civico, but has not been located there.

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

(?) (Unknown – Unknown)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

commentary

Manganaro, referencing Calabi Limentani, 'Epigrafia Latina' (Milan, 1968), p.146, suggests that the initial symbol is the Greek numeral 1000 (here in the form of the 'red chi'). The use in combination with the earlier Roman symbol for 50 is curious and suggests a Hellenistic date?

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/17/2022