ISic003679: I.Sicily inscription 003679

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic003679
Language
Latin
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text as reported by Carettoni

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 8 cm, width: 12 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Remains of a single line of large letters
Text condition
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 52mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Halaesa
Provenance found
Found in summer 1956 in trench 31 (5-10m east of the 'east portico', see Carettoni, NSA 1959, fig.8)
Map

Current location

Place
Halaesa, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium e sito archeologico di Halaesa
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Augustan? (so Carettoni, but on what grounds is unclear) (31 BC – AD 14)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

commentary

Carettoni suggests that the fragment is perhaps Augustan, but without sight of the piece it is hard to know if this is simply due to the apparent presence of the word Augustus, or also the form of the letters.

Bibliography

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Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
11/22/2021