Roman funerary (cinerary) vase
Turned and moulded alabaster
Height (excluding lid): 52cm
Height (lid): 13cm
Height (pedestal and base): 16cm
Height (lid): 13cm
Height (pedestal and base): 16cm
Inscription: C. VARI. C. F. POM IVLI / PROCVLI. PR
C[aii] Vari[i] C[aii] f[ilii] Pom[pilii?] Iuli[i] Proculi pr[aetor?]
Inscription note: Line 2: the PR following his name might stand for pr(aetor), pr(aefectus), or pr(ocurator).
C. Varius Iulius Proculus was a senator in AD 109.
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: Of Caius Varius Pompilius(?) Iulius Proculus, son of Caius, praetor(?).
C[aii] Vari[i] C[aii] f[ilii] Pom[pilii?] Iuli[i] Proculi pr[aetor?]
Inscription note: Line 2: the PR following his name might stand for pr(aetor), pr(aefectus), or pr(ocurator).
C. Varius Iulius Proculus was a senator in AD 109.
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: Of Caius Varius Pompilius(?) Iulius Proculus, son of Caius, praetor(?).
Museum number: M450
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 357
On display: Basement West Corridor
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