ISic004270: Epitaph erected by Annius Antonienus

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: ISic004270
Language: Latin
Text type: No data
Object type: stele
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text after ILipara 759

Physical description

Support

Description: Eroded stele of volcanic stone (pietra di Fuardo), with the upper rear right corner lost.
Object type: stele
Material: volcanic
Condition: damaged
Dimensions: height: 52 cm, width: 32 cm, depth: 8 cm

Inscription

Layout: The text is centered on the upper half of the face of the stone with a uniform distribution but lacks a careful layout (ordinatio).
Text condition: deteriorated
Letter heights: Line 1-4: 25-30mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 4: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Lipara
Provenance found: The stele was a chance find in the property of the Bishop's palace in trench XXIX in 1966

Current location

Place: Lipari, Italy
Repository: Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernab� Brea" , 6785
Autopsy: None
Map

Date

Imperial (AD 1 – AD 200)

Evidence: No data

Text type

No data

commentary

The resolution of the text is far from certain, but the logical grammatical reading seems to be the one proposed here.>

Bibliography

Digital editions

Printed editions

L. Bernabò Brea, M. Cavalier, e L. Campagna, Meligunìs Lipára. XII. Le iscrizioni lapidarie greche e latine delle isole eolie (Palermo: Mario Grispo Editore, 2003), at 759

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

6/17/2022