ISic004352: I.Sicily inscription 004352

Photo J. Prag, 2016-05-12, courtesy Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania

ID: ISic004352
Language: Latin
Text type: funerary
Object type: plaque
Status: No data
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Apparatus criticus

Text from autopsy

Physical description

Support

Description: Two joining fragments of a funerary inscription, of which the upper part is missing. The plaque is irregular in shape (roughly trapezoidal), seemingly therefore recut from a larger piece for re-use as a funerary inscription. The left, right and lower margins appear intact.
Object type: plaque
Material: marble
Condition: fragments, contiguous
Dimensions: height: 23.3-26.2 cm, width: 11-12.4 cm, depth: 1.9-2.8 cm

Inscription

Layout: Text is approximately centred on the slightly irregular plaque.
Text condition: incomplete
Letter heights: Line 1-6: 30-33mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Sicilia
Provenance found: Original discovery not recorded.

Current location

Place: Catania, Italy
Repository: Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania , 05/258
Autopsy: 2016.05.12
Map

Date

Imperial period (AD 1 – AD 300)

Evidence: No data

Text type

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions

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Printed editions

G. Biondi e G. Buscemi Felici, «Iscrizioni», in Il museo archeologio dell’Università di Catania. Collezione Libertini, a c. di G. Biondi, G. Buscemi Felici, e E. Tortorici (Acireale: Bonanno editore, 2014), 170–73, at 171 no. 241 fig. 42

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

12/14/2021