ISic000045: Fragmentary Latin funerary inscription

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ID
ISic000045
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Bivona checked against photograph ;
  • 5: Mommsen: [---]ME FEC

Physical description

Support

Description
Fragment of a marble plaque, missing the left side.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 18 cm,聽width: 12.5 cm,聽depth: 2 cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.marble > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Five lines of Latin letters, with a centred header in line 1.
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1-5: 25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Syracusae
Provenance found
Acquired by Gaetano di Cesare in January 1756, in Syracuse, but exact provenance not recorded; subsequently passed to the Museo della Regia Accademia, Palermo

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
3546
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Later first or second century CE (AD 51 - AD 200)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
7/24/2025