ISic003398: Two fragments of a building 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; photo J. Prag 2023-05-09
ID
ISic003398
Language
Latin
Text type
building
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Provisional text from photographs

Physical description

Support

Description
Two non-joining plaques broken in fragments and rejoined, seemingly from the same (architraval?) inscription.
Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Object condition
fragments, non-contiguous
Dimensions
height: 40-43 cm, width: 33-34 cm, depth: 4-5 cm

Inscription

Layout
Each bears two lines of letters, of which the upper line is larger in each case.
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-2: 100-150mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 80-90mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Centuripae
Provenance found
Discovered by Guido Libertini during the excavation campaigns conducted starting in 1925, within the complex of spaces near the so-called former Barbagallo Mill, i.e. the area of the so-called "Edificio degli Augustales" , in a zone overlooking the Vallata Difesa, near the Church of the Crucifix.
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Current location

Place
Centuripe, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Centuripe ,
Autopsy
Prado 2021-12-21, 2022-10-26, 2023-05-09
Map

Date

1st — 2nd century CE (AD 1 - AD 200)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

building

commentary

Two fragments (0.42x0.36m and 0.415 x 0.335m), large letters 15cm high in line 1, 10cm high in line 2. The fragments do not join, but are of the same inscription probably parts of an architectural element and probably part of a building inscription. Likely restoration of the name Pompeius in the first fragment, and to be linked to the statues from the same area.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
2/1/2022