ISic002957: Fragment of a Latin inscription (funerary?)

ID
ISic002957
Language
Latin
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of CIL based upon autopsy by Dessau

Physical description

Support

Description
A fragment of a Latin text, presumably a plaque, but with no description beyond the presentation in CIL, which suggests possibly intact on the left side, but broken on the other three.
Object type
plaque
Material
stone
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

The CIL text suggests use of both hedera and interpuncts.

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

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Seen by Dessau in a courtyard of the Hotel Bellevue (later Metropole) at a date before 1883, and not seen since.

Current location

Lost.

Date

Imperial (AD 1 - AD 400)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/13/2024