ISic001782: I.Sicily inscription 001782

ID
ISic001782
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from Gentili 1951

Physical description

Support

Description
Two non-joining fragments of a marble plaque from the facade of a monumental arch
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments, non-contiguous
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Fragments contain a single line of monumental letters
Text condition
incomplete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found during excavations in 1949-50 along the course of the via F.S. Cavallari. These fragments were found immediately to the south side of the southern pylon of the monumental Roman (Augustan?) arch, south of the amphitheatre, together with a fragment of cornice in white 'pietra arenaria'.
Map

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi ,
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Augustan or Julio-Claudian (21 BC – AD 50)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

Gentili provides no measurements or images of the two fragments, merely reporting the letters read on each. They are assumed to be in the Siracusa museum, but have not so far been located; and ISic003204 which was found in the same excavations remains in the Neapolis archaeological park and was never removed to the museum. The fragments were missed by AE 1953 and seemingly by Wilson, R. J. A. (1990). "Sicily under the Roman Empire: The archaeology of a Roman province, 36 B.C. - A.D. 535." (Warminster, Aris and Philips), p.57, "There is no trace of the dedicatory inscription...".

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/14/2023