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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