ISic001837: Fragment of an honorific inscription mentioning Pompeia Sosia Falconilla

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 J. Prag 2023-05-09
ID
ISic001837
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Prado from autopsy, after Eck and Barbera

Physical description

Support

Description
Part of the left side of a large slab of white marble, composed of 5 joining fragments; broken off above, to the right and below.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Object condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: 22 cm, width: 31 cm, depth: 2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Parts of the initial letters of four lines, consistent left margin.
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Large monumental v-cut letters with neat serifs.

Letter heights
Lines 2-3: 55-65mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 4: 20-30mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Centuripae
Provenance found
Date, place and circumstances of discovery are unknown, but assumed to come from the area of the 'building of the Augustales'

Current location

Place
Centuripe, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Centuripe , KA0852
Autopsy
Prado 2023-05-09
Map

Date

wife of the consul of 163 CE (AD 110 - AD 200)
Evidence
prosopography

Text type

honorific

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Francesca Prado
Contributors
Last revision
10/13/2025