ISic004344: Honorary inscription for Quintus Pompeius.

Photo J. Prag, 2016-05-12, courtesy Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania
ID
ISic004344
Language
Latin
Text type
honorific
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from autopsy;
  • 1: The first part of the first M is visible on the right edge of fr.1; the traces at the end of the line are most easily compatible with M, although R is perhaps also possible.
  • 2: There is space for at most one more letter at the start of the line, but a vacat seems more likely; a vertical stroke is visible after G·, in context either F or N(?); there is space for one more letter at most before the Q, but maybe none; traces of a rounded/circular letter are visible on the break after C, in context probably O not C.
  • 3: There is space for at most 2 letters at the start of the line; fragment 2 preserves a supraline over a lost stroke and the top of a vertical (so either II or VI?); the upper trace of a letter follows before the break; fragment 3 preserves the edge of the eye of a P or R at the left edge; it is not completely impossible that VIR could be squeezed in across the break, but it would be very compressed.

Physical description

Support

Description
Three fragments, of which two join; traces of mortar on the sides and the back. The back of the plaque is polished.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
Guide lines are visible top and bottom of each line.
Text condition
incomplete
Lettering

Letter heights
Line 1-2: 75-76mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: 23-27mm
Interlineation line 2 to 3: 28mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Sicilia
Provenance found
Exact provenance unknown, but the smallest fragment (inv.05/100) was stored with the note "Agira?".

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania ,
Autopsy
2016.05.12
Map

Date

2nd century CE (AD 101 – AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

honorific

commentary

It is impossible to identify this Quintus Pompeius, as there is only a trace of one letter at the end of line 1 where either filiation or cognomen would stand. Given the traces at the start of line 2 (seemingly G·F or G·N) and the presence of a tribal, the exact reconstruction of the naming sequence (and of the presence of one or more individuals, and so the width of the original stone) is very unclear. The presence of a preceding numeral (and so military or civic position) at the start of line 3 was not noted in the original edition.

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/13/2021