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LSA-2056 Plaque from base for statue of the 'Genius' (tutelary god) of Catina. Catina (Sicilia). 337-408.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Catina Province: Sicilia Region: Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details: Found at scana of ancient theatre
Current Location: Museo Civico di Catania, Sala IX, 95 (inv. 916)
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 62 Width(cm): 68 Depth(cm): 4.5
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: 'Genius' of Catina Position: Deities, Personifications and Heroes Gender: Male
Awarder: Facundus Porfyrius Munatidius, governor of Sicilia Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 337 Latest : 408
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1959, 22

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 7014

Korhonen, K., Le iscrizioni del Museo civico di Catania : storia delle collezioni, cultura epigrafica, edizione , Helsinki 2004, n. 7
INSCRIPTION
Text: Vernantibus / saeculis ddd(ominorum) nnn(ostrorum trium), / Genio splendido ur/bis Catinae, /(5) Facundus Porfyrius/ Munatidius, v(ir) c(larissimus), cons(ularis) (?) eiusdem.

 Trans: In the flourishing age of our three lords, to the shining Genius of the city of Catina; Facundus Porfyrius Munatidius, governor (consularis) of the same.
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