ISic004281: Epitaph of Lucceia Prima

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
ISic004281
Language
Latin
Text type
No data
Object type
stele
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text according to ILipara 772;
  • 1: It is unclear if the marks at the end of line 1 are S (so Bernabo-Cavalier in M-L XI.i, p. 294) or a hedera, or just damage.

Physical description

Support

Description
Stele of volcanic stone (local), broken across the bottom, with minor damage to the margins.
Object type
stele
Material
volcanic
Object condition
damaged
Dimensions
height: 55 cm, width: 38.6-39.5 cm, depth: 9.2 cm

Inscription

Layout
Two lines of Latin letters across the middle of the front of the stone, somewhat irregularly laid out.
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

The P and R in line 2 are much larger than the other letters.

Letter heights
Line 1: 47-55mm
Line 2: 38-40mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lipara
Provenance found
Found in 1974 in trench XXXV (bishop's property), in reuse as the northern end of the stone-built sarcophagus 1687 (end C1 or C2 CE)

Current location

Place
Lipari, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Eoliano "Luigi Bernabďż˝ Brea" , 11853
Autopsy
None
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Date

(Unknown - Unknown)
Evidence
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Text type

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
6/17/2022