ISic003583: Fragment of a Latin inscription

Photo J.Prag courtesy Soprintendenza BBCCAA di Messina
ID
ISic003583
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

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Physical description

Support

Description
A single fragment of off-white marble, intact along the upper margin, broken on the other three sides (height 17.5 cm; width (at top) 10 cm; depth not recorded).
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 17.5 cm, width: 10 cm, depth: unknown cm

Inscription

Layout
The remains of three Latin letters in a single line are visible on the lower part of the face, with a large vacat above.
Text condition
No data
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1: 66mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: N/Amm

Provenance

Place of origin
Halaesa
Provenance found
Excavated in 1971, in room 7 of the west portico of the agora
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Current location

Place
Halaesa, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium e sito archeologico di Halaesa
Autopsy
In storage on site
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Date

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

Text type

unknown

commentary

The first letter is clearly an O. Given the relative proportions, and the lack of serif to the top left of the second letter, this is a D. The remains of the upper part of a vertical stroke are visible to the right. There is no obvious reason to associate this fragment with any of the other surviving fragments. The fragment is likely to belong to the first or second century AD.

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Citation and editorial status

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