Roman garlanded cinerarium with ram's heads at the two front corners
Luna marble
Height: 31cm
Height (body): 24.5cm
Width (lid): 21.5cm
Length (lid): 19cm
Height (body): 24.5cm
Width (lid): 21.5cm
Length (lid): 19cm
Inscription: DOMITIA / VALERIANAE / V AN XXII
Domitia Valerianae v[ixit] an[nis] XXII
or
Domitia[e] Valerianae v[ixit] an[nis] XXII
Inscription marks: Line 1: 11mm; Lines 2-3: 10mm.
Inscription note: We are grateful to Dr. Charlotte Tupman, a scholar of epigraphy (the study of inscriptions) undertaking postdoctoral research at King’s College London, who took squeezes of the inscriptions on antiquities in the Museum in 2007, for her transliteration, translation and notes/bibliography of the inscription on this piece.
Inscription translation: Domitia (daughter/slave?) of Valeriana, who lived twenty-two years.
or
To Domitia Valeriana, who lived twenty-two years.
Domitia Valerianae v[ixit] an[nis] XXII
or
Domitia[e] Valerianae v[ixit] an[nis] XXII
Inscription marks: Line 1: 11mm; Lines 2-3: 10mm.
Inscription note: We are grateful to Dr. Charlotte Tupman, a scholar of epigraphy (the study of inscriptions) undertaking postdoctoral research at King’s College London, who took squeezes of the inscriptions on antiquities in the Museum in 2007, for her transliteration, translation and notes/bibliography of the inscription on this piece.
Inscription translation: Domitia (daughter/slave?) of Valeriana, who lived twenty-two years.
or
To Domitia Valeriana, who lived twenty-two years.
Museum number: S147
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 330
On display: Study
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