ISic002906: Fragmentary Latin text

ID
ISic002906
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Edition

Giacomo Manganaro, ‘Die Villa von Piazza Armerina, Residenz des kaiserlichen Prokurators, und ein mit ihr verbundenes Emporium von Henna’, in Palast und Hütte : Beiträge zum Bauen und Wohnen im Altertum von Archäologen, Vor- und Frühgeschichtlern: Tagungsbeiträge eines Symposiums der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, veranstaltet vom 25.-30. November 1979 in Berlin, ed. D. Papenfuss and V.M. Strocka (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1982), 493–513 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Manganaro 1982 following Bernabo Brea's transcription;
  • 1: Given the annotation of an interpunct after the C, this must be a praenomen, most likely in the dative, an honorific or funerary text.
  • 6: Bernabo Brea: ex t(estamento)

Physical description

Support

Description
fragment of left side of a thin plaque of marble
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 16.5 cm, width: 9.7 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Beginnings of six lines preserved; in Bernabo Brea's transcription the left margin is irregular, suggesting the lines were centred.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Piazza Armerina
Provenance found
Found during works to consolidate mosaics at the villa, 1942-1944, when excavation also took place to uncover the xistus in front of the triabsidal hall, during which this fragment was found.
Map

Current location

Place
Agrigento, Italy
Repository
Museo Regionale Archeologico Pietro Griffo
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

2nd — 3rd century CE (?) (roman, imperial, official, tending to the 'cursive') (AD 101 – AD 300)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
4/22/2025