ISic003339: Honorific for the Emperor Tiberius

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ID
ISic003339
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • line.2: Salinas 1884 reports four fragments and reads the end of line 2 as intact; the fourth fragment appears to be now lost, but the tops of both the reported P and S are still visible.

Physical description

Support

Description
A rectangular off-white marble slab, broken in three joining fragments, the lower right corner missing. The reverse is unfinished.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble (white)
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 15.1 cmwidth: 70.2 cmdepth: 4.9 cm

Inscription

Layout
Latin text over three lines. The two letters of the third line are centred and much smaller
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 42-61mm
Line 2: 41-43mm
Line 3: 15mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation not measured: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Agathyrnum
Provenance found
Found when digging a well in or before 1882, on the farm of Filippo Cangemi, Capo d'Orlando (Casa Cangemi is marked on the 1:25000 map)
Map

Current location

Place
Capo d'Orlando, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium di Capo d'Orlando
Autopsy
2006.04
Map

Date

14—37 CE (reign of Tiberius) (AD 14 – AD 37)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

This is the only known inscription from the immediate area of Capo d'Orlando (probably ancient Agathyrnum).

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021