ISic001790: Fragment of a monumental Latin inscription
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Apparatus criticus
- Text based on autopsy;
- 1: Theoretically DIV is also possible, but would be very compressed.
Physical description
Support
- Description
- Fragment of grey-white marble plaque, broken on all sides, finished smooth on the reverse.
- Object type
- plaque
- Object condition
- fragment
- Dimensions
- height: 12.5 cm, width: 12.5 cm, depth: 3.3 cm
Material
- Description
- marble
- Type > subtype
- stone.marble > unverified
Inscription
- Layout
- Part of a single line of letters, missing the upper part of the line, with a guideline preserved along the baseline. Possible traces of rubrication.
- Text condition
- incomplete
- Technique
- chiselled
- Pigment
- No data
- Lettering
Large v-cut letters with fine serifs.
- Letter heights
- Line 1: Greater than the maximum preserved height of 85mm
- Interlinear heights
- Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm
Provenance
- Place of origin
- Syracusae
- Provenance found
- Chance finds during excavations in Giardina Spagna, November 1937 and September 1938. Now in the Museum stores.
Current location
- Place
- , Sicilia
- Repository
- Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
- 49737
- Autopsy
- Prag 2015-03-25, cassette 20, magazzino B, Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi
- Map
Date
first century CE (AD 1 - AD 100)- Evidence
- lettering
Text type
commentary
There is no immediate monumental context in the ex Giardina Spagna area with which this monumental text could be readily associated, but the area is very close to the Amphitheatre and other structures, and there were several sanctuaries in the vicinity also. The fragment is unpublished.
Bibliography
- Digital editions
- TM: -
- EDR: -
- EDH: -
- EDCS: -
- PHI: -
Citation and editorial status
- Editor
- Jonathan Prag
- Principal contributor
- Jonathan Prag
- Contributors
- Last revision
- 5/18/2026