ISic000038: Epitaph of Maurica

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ID
ISic000038
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
plaque

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Mommsen (followed by ILPalermo)

Physical description

Support

Description
Small irregular plaque of marble
Object type
plaque
Object condition
complete
Dimensions
height: 22.5 cm, width: 25.5 cm, depth: 2 cm

Material

Description
marble
Type > subtype
stone.marble > unverified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
complete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Poor quality carving in cursive lettering.

Letter heights
Line 1-4: 15-25mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Panhormus high certainty
Provenance found
Found underground during excavations for the foundations of the monastery of the Cappuchins near Porta d'Ossuna, in a large early Christian catacomb
Map

Current location

Place
Palermo, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Archeologico Regionale Antonino Salinas
3539
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

Catacombs of the C4-C5 CE. (AD 301 - AD 500)
Evidence
archaeological-context

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