ISic001830: Building inscription of Martinianos

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Text after Soraci;
3: Soraci: [ἐκ τῶν ἰδίω]ν π[ο]ηίιε[ν]; the traces are compatible with this, but ποηίιεν for ποίησεν seems forced.

Description: 9 fragments of a white marble plaque. The fragments consist of two joining sets, with an unquantifiable gap between them. Two fragments join to preserve part of the left margin; seven fragments join to preserve part of the upper and right margin, including the upper right corner; the lower margin is not preserved. The total width of the preserved fragments is 86cm, therefore the original total width was greater; the maximum preserved height is 35cm (so the total height was greater); thickness is 3 cm.
Object type: plaque
Object condition: No data
Dimensions: height: 35 (preserved minimum) cm, width: 86 (preserved minimum) cm, depth: 3 cm

Layout: Traces of three lines of ancient Greek are preserved, with guidelines above and below; upper, left and right margins are partially preserved. The text appears to maintain a consistent margin on the left, but not on the right.
Text condition: No data
Technique: chiselled
Pigment: No data
Lettering: Tall, regular, narrow letters, v-cut, with small serifs on the termination of strokes. Small deep triangular interpuncts. Alpha has broken bar; epsilon tall, narrow, with equal short horizontals; theta and omicron are rhomboid; mu has vertical first and last, with the diagonals starting below the top and only desencing to the mid-point; nu is similar; rho has small curved, closed loop; sigma is lunate but rectilinear, with very short horizontals.
Letter heights: Line 1-2: 110mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: 20mm

Place of origin: Agrigentum
Provenance found: The principal fragment was found during excavation of a lime kiln in room d1 of casa IIC of the quartiere ellenistico romano of Agrigento; it was subsequently reconnected with fragments found in the same approximate location in the 1950s.
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Dated by reference to Flavius Martinianos, consularis of Sicily between 352 and 358 CE (Soraci) (AD 352 - AD 358)

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Jonathan Prag

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Jonathan Prag

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Last revision

12/24/2025