ISic003680: I.Sicily inscription 003680

Apparatus criticus

• Text as reported by Carettoni

Physical description

Support

Description

Four fragments of stucco plaster bearing traces of an incised inscription on which traces of red paint remain; the fragments are associated with other stucco fragments all of which are in turn associated with architrave elements of the so-called 'contraforte' or 'basamento curvilineo' above what is now know to be the cavea of the theatre.

Object type

architrave

Material

plaster

Condition

fragments, non-contiguous

Dimensions

height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout

traces of a single line of letters, incised and painted.

Text condition

No data

Lettering

Letter heights

Line 1: mm

Interlinear heights

Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin

Halaesa

Provenance found

Found in 1952 in front of the 'avancorpo centrale' of the 'basamento curvilineo' ('Rinvenuti in corrispondenza dell'avancorpo centrale, nello sterro superficiale ed al piano di risega (giorn. scavo, 20-30 giugno 1952)')

Map

Current location

Place

Halaesa, Italy

Repository

Antiquarium e sito archeologico di Halaesa

Autopsy

None

Map

Date

Evidence

No data

Text type

building

commentary

Without further information, such as the dimensions of the letters, it is impossible to know whether these fragments relate to e.g. a building inscription or a more ephemeral text, but the fact that they are described as both incised and painted, encourages a view that they are more formal, while the brief description of form perhaps suggests a later rather than earlier date.

Bibliography

Digital editions

• TM: -
• EDR: -
• EDH: -
• EDCS: -
• PHI: -

Printed editions

• NSA Carettoni (1959) at 332 no. g Zotero FAIR

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

• Jonathan Prag
• James Cummings
• James Chartrand
• Valeria Vitale
• Michael Metcalfe
• Simona Stoyanova
• system

Last revision

11/22/2021