ISic000037: I.Sicily inscription 000037

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ID
ISic000037
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of IMusPalermo

Physical description

Support

Description
Three joining fragments of a marble plaque, broken / sawn off above, and probably on the left and right sides, but intact below.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
fragments, contiguous
Dimensions
height: 34 cm, width: 26.5 cm, depth: 3.5 cm

Material

Description
Fine to medium-grained, banded, white, smelly marble, likely Parian-2, Parian-4, Aphrodisian. Digital microscopy: homeoblastic to heteroblastic fabric (identification based on digital microscopy)
Type > subtype
stone.marble > Parian-2,Parian-4,Aphrodisian

Inscription

Layout
Two lines of Latin, with a large vacat below, partly occupied by palm branches.
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: 30mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Panhormus
Provenance found
Recovered from the pavement of the Martorana church, and transferred to the museum 22 September 1873.

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
3538
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

later Roman (AD 301 - AD 500)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
1/19/2021