Antiquarium del Teatro Antico
The collection in the "Casina degli Inglesi" consists of 20 inscriptions, 1 statue, two busts, a few mosaics, a 2nd C AD marble sarcophagus and some modern art
Location
Via del Teatro Greco 40, 98039 - Taormina (ME)
Taormina, Messina, Italy
Inscriptions
| Inventory number | ID | Title | Date | Origin | Material | Type | Object type | Language | Current location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISic001259 | Statue base in honour of Olympis Mestos | 150 BC - 51 BC | breccia | honorific | base | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 2 | ISic001260 | Inscribed statue base for Gaius Claudius Marcellus | 79 BC - 79 BC | breccia | honorific | base | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 8 | ISic001258 | Dedication of an altar for Hestia | 300 BC - 101 BC | limestone | dedication | altar | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 19 | ISic000282 | I.Sicily inscription 000282 | AD 101 - AD 300 | limestone | honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| 29 | ISic000786 | Funerary inscription for Aulus Larcius | AD 151 - AD 300 | Fine-grained, homogeneous, white marble, likely Docimian, Parian-1, Pentelic. Digital microscopy: heteroblastic to homeoblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | funerary | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| 30 | ISic003412 | Funerary inscription for Lydia | AD 251 - AD 500 | Very fine-grained, homogeneous, white marble, likely Lunense, Docimian, Göktepe, Hymettan. Digital microscopy: heteroblastic to homeoblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | funerary | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 31 | ISic003407 | fragmentary funerary inscription | AD 301 - AD 500 | Fine-grained, homogeneous, white marble, likely Lunense, Docimian, Göktepe, Hymettan. Digital microscopy: homeoblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD) | funerary | unknown | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 32 | ISic001265 | Funerary inscription for Phabia Eignatiane | Unknown - Unknown | limestone | funerary | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 33 | ISic000653 | Fragmentary imperial period Greek epitaph | AD 101 - AD 200 | marble | funerary | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 34 | ISic001267 | Fragmentary christian funerary epitaph | AD 401 - AD 450 | stone | funerary | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 35 | ISic001269 | Funerary inscription for Agathon | AD 409 - AD 409 | Very fine-grained, veined, white marble, likely scritto. Digital microscopy: indistinguishable fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | funerary | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 36 | ISic003411 | Tile inscribed with funerary epitaph | AD 301 - AD 500 | clay | funerary | tile | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| 42 | ISic000279 | Dedication to Caracalla | AD 211 - AD 217 | marble | honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| 56 | ISic000281 | Fragment of an imperial honorific? | AD 151 - AD 250 | Strongly altered marble, likely unspecified (identification based on check, check, check, stable isotopes analysis) | honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| 57 | ISic000283 | Fragments of an honorific inscription | AD 1 - AD 100 | limestone | honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| 3555 | ISic000284 | Block of marmor Luculleum bearing quarry inscription | AD 108 - AD 108 | marble | Quarry mark | block | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000613 | Fragments of a painted library catalogue | 250 BC - 101 BC | plaster | library catalogue | wall | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000624 | Fragments of consular fasti | 8 BC - AD 14 | marble | list of magistrates | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000662 | Fragments of a Roman calendar and local aedilician and duumviral fasti | 8 BC - AD 14 | Very fine-grained, banded, grey marble, likely Aphrodisian, Lunense, Docimian, Algerian_scritto_Mt-Filfila, Pentelic. Digital microscopy: homeoblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | calendar list of magistrates | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000695 | Fragmentary monumental Latin inscription | AD 98 - AD 117 | marble | honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000696 | Fragment of a Latin text | AD 1 - AD 250 | marble | honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000697 | Fragment of a Latin text containing numerals | AD 1 - AD 300 | marble | funerary | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic000698 | I.Sicily inscription 000698 | AD 1 - AD 50 | marble (grey) | calendar | N/A | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001246 | List of stratagoi | 300 BC - 1 BC | limestone | list of magistrates | stele | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001247 | Gymnasium accounts | 200 BC - 51 BC | limestone | accounts | stele | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001248 | Civic accounts | 200 BC - 1 BC | breccia | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001249 | Civic accounts | 200 BC - 1 BC | breccia | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001250 | Civic accounts | 200 BC - 1 BC | breccia | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001251 | Civic accounts | 200 BC - 1 BC | breccia | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001254 | I.Sicily inscription 001254 | 200 BC - 46 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001255 | I.Sicily inscription 001255 | 200 BC - 46 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001256 | Dedication to the holy goddesses | 100 BC - AD 100 | Coarse-grained, banded, white marble, likely Aphrodisian, Parian-2, Parian-3, Parian-4, Proconnesian, Thasian-3. Digital microscopy: heteroblastic fabric (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | dedication | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001832 | Inscribed theatre seat | 200 BC - 101 BC | limestone | seat inscription | seat | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001833 | Inscribed theatre seat | 200 BC - 101 BC | limestone | seat inscription | seat | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001834 | Inscribed theatre seat | 200 BC - 101 BC | limestone | seat inscription | seat | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001835 | Inscribed theatre seat | 200 BC - 101 BC | limestone | seat inscription | seat | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001879 | Fragment of an imperial honorific(?) | AD 201 - AD 400 | marble | Honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001880 | Fragment of an inscription | AD 1 - AD 400 | marble | unknown | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic001881 | Fragment of an inscription | AD 1 - AD 400 | marble | unknown | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| ME33871 | ISic001885 | Funerary inscription for a young woman | AD 101 - AD 200 | A grainy white marble | funerary | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic002985 | I.Sicily inscription 002985 | 46 BC - 36 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic002986 | Section of the civic accounts of Tauromenion | 100 BC - 45 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic002987 | Inscription recording civic accounts | 200 BC - 46 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic003081 | Block containing section of civic accounts | 200 BC - 51 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic003082 | Block recording section of civic accounts | 200 BC - 51 BC | limestone | accounts | block | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| TAO 423 | ISic003567 | Funerary epitaph for Seberina | AD 201 - AD 500 | marble | funerary | plaque | Ancient Greek | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic004371 | Fragment of an honorific for Domitia | AD 81 - AD 96 | marble | Honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic004372 | Fragment of an imperial honorific | AD 96 - AD 169 | marble | Honorific | plaque | Latin | Taormina | |
| N/A | ISic004395 | Fragment of a Sikel(?) text | 500 BC - 401 BC | volcanic (lava stone) | unknown | block | Sikel | Taormina |