Museo Civico di Marsala
The neatly displayed material principally derives from the personal collection of a Librarian of Marsala (Salvatore Struppa) who also become honorary inspector of antiquities of the region. The ceramics mostly derive from early Lilybaeum (4-2 centuries BC) some architectural pieces and uninscribed cinerary urns. A stretch of 5th century AD road has been excavated and is on display in one room, and an entire room is given over to 8 Latin inscriptions from Lilybaeum
Location
Via Ludovico Anselmi Correale - Complesso Monumentale San Pietro , 91025 Marsala (TP)
Marsala, Trapani, Italy
Inscriptions
| Inventory number | ID | Title | Date | Origin | Material | Type | Object type | Language | Current location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | ISic000508 | I.Sicily inscription 000508 | CE 213 - CE 213 | compact white limestone with conchoidal fracture, stylolites, sparite veins, likely tipo scaglia (SCA, AMM) (wackestone with foraminifera (?) and thin calcite veins) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000509 | I.Sicily inscription 000509 | CE 364 - CE 378 | compact fossil-rich limestone with compact whitish limestone with chonchoidal fracture nodules, likely white brecciated limestone (Pellegrino FM, Crisanti FM) (grainstone with orbitolina (?) and nodules of packstone with foraminifera and disperesed iron oxides) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000510 | I.Sicily inscription 000510 | CE 364 - CE 378 | compact fossil-rich limestone with compact whitish limestone with chonchoidal fracture nodules, likely white brecciated limestone (Pellegrino FM, Crisanti FM) (grainstone with orbitolina, sparitic and recrystallized calcite and nodules of packstone with foraminifera, sponge spiculae, globigerinoids, radiolarians) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000513 | Honours for Gaius Bultius Geminius Titianus | CE 175 - CE 225 | compact white limestone with conchoidal fracture, stylolites, sparite veins, likely tipo scaglia (SCA, AMM) (mudstone to wackestone with foraminifera (?) and thin calcite veins) (identification based on digital microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000514 | I.Sicily inscription 000514 | CE 301 - CE 400 | white limestone with scaglia-type nodules, likely white brecciated limestone (Pellegrino FM, Crisanti FM) (grainstone of sparitic calcite and micrite) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000519 | I.Sicily inscription 000519 | Unknown - Unknown | compact white limestone, likely Western Sicilian white limestone (ellipsactinia boundstone??? red algae, benthic foraminifera (actinocyclina), bryozoans???)) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000810 | Dedication to Emperor Constantine by Domitius Latronianus, corrector provinciae Siciliae | CE 314 - CE 314 | compact whitish limestone with chonchoidal fracture, visible fossils and fine veins, likely lattimusa (LTM) (marly wackestone with globigerinoids, orbulina?) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin | Marsala | |
| N/A | ISic000812 | I.Sicily inscription 000812 | CE 313 - CE 350 | compact fossil-rich limestone with cm-sized nodules of compact whitish limestone with chonchoidal fracture, visible fossils and fine veins, likely Western Sicilian white limestone (megabreccia LEG, CRI, SCA, LTM) (grainstone with algae, gasteropoda, and recrystallized calcite; wackestone with foraminifera, sponge spiculae, radiolarians) (identification based on pXRF, digital microscopy, XRD, optical microscopy) | honorific | base | Latin and Ancient Greek | Marsala |