ISic000306: Large block of uncertain purpose

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2018-07-06
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2018-07-06
ID
ISic000306
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
unknown
Object type
stele

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Apparatus criticus

Physical description

Support

Description
No data
Object type
stele
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Material

Description
volcanic
Type > subtype
stone.basalt > unspecified

Inscription

Layout
No data
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Catina
Provenance found
Found some three miles to the west of Catania, now in the museum courtyard

Current location

Place
Catania, Sicilia
Repository
Museo Civico di Catania
1332
Autopsy
None
Map

Date

1st century BCE or 1st century CE (?) (100 BC - AD 100)
Evidence
No data

Text type

unknown

commentary

See ISic003159for the text on the reverse. The interpretation is very uncertain, whether the text is incomplete and whether CONS stands for consul (but not the usual abbreviation thereof), or the first part of a name such as Considius (suggested by Manganario). Mommsen speculated that, given the reverse has a (later) text with the word 'fines', it should be paralleled with CIL X.7232 from Marsala (fines inter Vandalos...), but the Manganaro and Korhonen both consider this text to be earlier and not necessarily in any way connected to the text on the reverse. A terminus of some sort (rather than a milestone) seems possible (fullest discussion in Manganaro).

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Citation and editorial status

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