ISic004354: I.Sicily inscription 004354

Photo J. Prag, 2016-05-12, courtesy Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania
Photo J. Prag, 2016-05-12, courtesy Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania
ID
ISic004354
Language
Latin
Text type
Object type
plaque
Status
draft
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Apparatus criticus

  • text from autopsy;
  • 1: The christogram on line one is made up of ΧΡΤ in monogram

Physical description

Support

Description
Rectangular marble plaque, recomposed from multiple joining fragments. A small part of the lower middle margin is missing, but otherwise complete.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Object condition
complete, broken
Dimensions
height: 22.3 cmwidth: 58.5 cmdepth: 1.6-1.8 cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is centred on the plaque. To the right of line 1 there is a christogram composed of three letters: XPT.
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-3: 45mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina medium certainty
Provenance found
Via Orto San Clemente, Catania, excavation of November 1968
Map

Current location

Place
Catania, Italy
Repository
Museo di Archeologia dell'Universita di Catania , 05/398
Autopsy
2016.05.12
Map

Date

late imperial (AD 201 - AD 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

No data

commentary

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/14/2021