Object card·SAL_3289·1964–1974

Latin funerary inscription, marble closing slab, Salamis

Latin funerary inscription, marble closing slab, Salamis
Object card: Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3289. "Latin funerary inscription, marble closing slab, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Latin epitaph on a greyish marble slab that closed a funerary niche; dimensions 65 x 61 x 4 cm, letter height 5 to 5.2 cm (line 1), interpuncts and ligatures present, with traces of horizontal guide lines. The rest of the surface and the back are roughly worked with a point, and the jointing face is dressed to an average thickness of 1.5 cm. Late Necropolis, Salamis, Cyprus; late 2nd to early 3rd century AD. Inventory E_0066; negative 00382; plate PL_17, card SAL_3289.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_17 objet : Les inscriptions funéraires type :Les funéraires simples dimensions : 65 x 61 x 4 h.l. : 5 à 5,2 (l. 1) int. : 3 signes d'interponction et ligatures traces de réglage horizontal. chantier : Nécropole tardive diapositives : C_0635 diapositives : C_0634 epoque : Fin IIe-début IIIe s. ap. J.-C. inv objet : E_0066 negatif : 00382 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0190_p_0073 le reste et le dos sont grossièrement travaillés à la pointe Épitaphe latine. Plaque de fermeture d'une alvéole funéraire en marbre grisâtre face de joints travaillée sur une épaisseur moyenne de 1,5 cm

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