ISic003599: Inscription recording construction by Cresconius

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ID
ISic003599
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
building
Object type
block

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Rizzone and Sammito 2004

Physical description

Support

Description
A stone block, now incorporated in a wall
Object type
block
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 88 cm, width: 39 cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
stone
Type > subtype
stone.unspecified > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Three lines of Latin mostly visible
Text condition
deteriorated
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Simple latin letters, use of supraline

Letter heights
Line 1-3: 50-80mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Mutyca
Provenance found
Observed in re-use in wall of a farm of the C18, on the hill of contrada Scrofani (between Modica and fraz. di Frigintini to NE), perhaps in vicinity of Byzantine church
Map

Current location

Place
Modica, Sicilia
Repository
In reuse in wall of a farmhouse, north of Modica
Autopsy
None

Date

5th century CE(?) (AD 401 - AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

building

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/12/2025