ISic000763: I.Sicily inscription 000763

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
ISic000763
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text combining Manganaro and Ferrua, controlled against poor photograph; Ferrua notes supralines (except in line 8), omitted by Manganaro.;
  • 5: Ferrua: XI

Physical description

Support

Description
Thick slab of limestone, intact on all sides, but with a very rough, partially eroded surface.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 90 cm, width: 63 cm, depth: 18 cm

Inscription

Layout
Text fills the available surface, except for a short vacat at the end.
Text condition
deteriorated
Letter heights
Line 1-10: 40mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Found before c.1970 in excavations at Porta Nuova; photographed by Manganaro c.20 years prior to 1989; Transcribed by Ferrua before 1982 from a photograph.

Current location

Place
Marsala, Italy
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

Christian text of the fourth or fifth century CE (?) (AD 300 – AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
9/6/2022