ISic004374: Fragmentary Latin inscription

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic004374
Language
Latin
Status
draft
Text type
funerary
Object type
block

Edition

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Apparatus criticus

Physical description

Support

Description
Block of stone broken on all sides
Object type
block
Object condition
No data
Dimensions
height: 40 cm, width: 30 cm, depth: 25 cm

Material

Description
stone
Type > subtype
stone.unspecified > unverified

Inscription

Layout
Remains of two lines of Latin letters, vacat above, beginning and end of lines are lost
Text condition
No data
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering

Somewhat irregular letters, fairly broad and well spaced. P and R are closed, C is more than a semi-circle

Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Thermae Himeraeae
Provenance found
Found during rescue excavations in 2015, in the area immediately to the north of the Cimitero Comunale, in surface layers above Roman period tombs within a late-antique basilica
Map

Current location

Place
Termini Imerese, Sicilia
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

1st — 3rd century CE (AD 1 - AD 300)
Evidence
No data

Text type

funerary

commentary

Bibliography

Digital editions
  • TM: -
  • EDR: -
  • EDH: -
  • EDCS: -
  • PHI: -
Printed editions

Citation and editorial status

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