ISic004402: I.Sicily inscription 004402

Apparatus criticus

• Text of Pace 1916

Physical description

Support

Description

No data

Object type

plaque

Material

limestone

Condition

No data

Dimensions

height: 18 cm, width: 28 cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout

No data

Text condition

No data

Letter heights

Lines 1-2: 60mm

Interlinear heights

Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin

Halicyae

Provenance found

Found by Pace among the foundations of houses (undated) in the predio Chirio, in the vicinity of the early Christian basilica outside Salemi

Map

Current location

Place

Salemi, Italy

Repository

Autopsy

None

Date

Evidence

archaeological-context

Text type

unknown

commentary

Pace lists this and one other text-bearing fragment of stone (ISic004403) at the end of his report on the excavation of the basilica at Salemi, indicating that it was found in 'predio Chirio', in the foundations of houses together with several ceramic lamps stamped with a palm. He infers from these that the 'village' surrounding the basilica should likewise be of late antique date (i.e. C4 AD and later). However, ISic004403 is as he notes, inscribed on an architectural block of earlier date, and so certainty is impossible. From the reported text, it seems likely that the inscription is incomplete, but Pace provides no image and no further information. The current location of this inscription is unknown, and it does not appear to have been reported / noted in any subsequent publication.

Bibliography

Digital editions

• TM: -
• EDR: -
• EDH: -
• EDCS: -
• PHI: -

Printed editions

• B. Pace, «La basilica di Salemi», Monumenti Antichi 24 (1916): 697–736, at 733 no.7

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

• Jonathan Prag
• James Cummings
• James Chartrand
• Valeria Vitale
• Michael Metcalfe
• Simona Stoyanova
• system

Last revision

1/19/2021