ISic001783: I.Sicily inscription 001783

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana (Photograph of G. Manganaro, 1960s)
ID
ISic001783
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
block
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
A block of limestone, intact above, broken on left, cut / incomplete on the right, and uneven (broken?) below.
Object type
block
Material
limestone
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 38 cm, width: 76 cm, depth: 23 cm

Inscription

Layout
Single line of monumental letters, slightly above the middle of the face.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 170mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Found during excavations in Piazza d'Armi, i.e. the ancient forum of Syracuse, in May 1897
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Current location

Place
Siracusa, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi , 16990
Autopsy
Photographed by Manganaro in the Siracusa museum some time in the 1960s.
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Date

1st to 3rd century CE? (AD 1 – AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

Orsi (1900) notes that several fragments of a togate statue were found in close proximity to the inscription.

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

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