ISic004441: I.Sicily inscription 004441

Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
Photo 2017 courtesy Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi (Aut. Assessorato Beni Culturali Regione Siciliana n.10681 del 06/05/2014)
ID
ISic004441
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
unknown
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text from photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
Marginal fragment of a circular marble plaque.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cm,聽width: cm,聽depth: cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.marble > unspecified

Inscription

Layout
Text preserved on 3 straight lines.
Text condition
incomplete #text_condition, legible
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Elegant letters with serifs, triangular interpuncts.

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
catacomb of S. Lucia

Current location

Place
Siracusa, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
45027
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

Second half C1 AD - first half C2 AD (AD 51 - AD 150)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

The fragment appears to be unpublished. Line 4: among the possible explanations [d(e)?] p(ecunia) s(ua) or [s(ibi)] p(osterisque) s(uis) (scil. fecit/posuit)

Bibliography

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

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
10/22/2021