ISic002127: Fragment of a Latin inscription

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana: drawing of Cultrera, MAL 1951: 812 fig.88
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana: drawing of Cultrera, MAL 1951: 812 fig.88
ID
ISic002127
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
edited
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text based on Cultrera's drawing;
  • 1: Theoretically the final letter could also be R, but in context this implausible
  • 2: upper part of either E or F

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a limestone plaque, broken on all sides. Measurements taken from the drawing.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 8.5 cm, width: 8.5 cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
limestone

Inscription

Layout
Traces of two lines of Latin letters
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Latin letters of the taller narrower variety, some curvature to the strokes, very short bars to E, letters of the second/third century CE? (measurement taken from drawing)

Letter heights
Line 1: 45mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
From among the sporadic finds in the clearing of modern structures from the area of the Apollonion in Ortygia, undertaken between 1938 and 1948.

Current location

We have so far been able to locate the fragment in the museum stores, and so the only direct evidence is the drawing of Cultrera

Date

2nd or 3rd century CE (AD 101 - AD 300)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

The fragment is reported by Cultrera, who merely comments 'sembra del tutto insignificante', and provides the drawing without further comment. [--]Lep[--] is most likely part of a name (most obviously Lepidus, but also, e.g. names based on Asclepias). The fragment does not seem ever to have been noted or recorded since, and has so far not been located.

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/25/2026