ISic004275: Epitaph of Caius Clodius Capito

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: ISic004275
Language: Latin
Text type: No data
Object type: stele
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text according to ILipara 765

Physical description

Support

Description: Stele of volcanic stone (pietra di Fuardo), missing the lower right corner.
Object type: stele
Material: volcanic
Condition: damaged
Dimensions: height: 100 cm, width: 30-40 cm, depth: 13 cm

Inscription

Layout

Two lines of deeply cut, somewhat irregular letters, on the upper part of the front face of the stele, with the second line somewhat compressed at the end.

Text condition

complete

Lettering

Letter heights

Line 1 to 2: 90-100mm

Interlinear heights

Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Lipara
Provenance found: Found in 1981 in the Castle, in an accumulation of stones at the base of the cathedral bell tower; currently in the cloister of the cathedral.

Current location

Place: Lipari, Italy
Repository: ,
Autopsy: None

Date

1st century BCE — 1st century CE (100 BC – AD 100)

Evidence: No data

Text type

No data

commentary

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 765

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

6/17/2022