Fragment of a Roman votive relief to Fortuna Redux
69-96 AD
Probably Flavian
Probably Flavian
Italian marble
Height: 40cm, approximately
Width: 34cm, approximately
Thickness: 9cm
Width: 34cm, approximately
Thickness: 9cm
Inscription: P. AELIVS ANNIVS. EQ / SING. AVG. PALMYRENV / D. D. FORTVNAE. S[...]
P[ublius] Aelius Annius eq[ues] sing[ularis] Aug[usti] Palmyrenu[s] d[onum] d[edit] Fortunae [...]
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: Publius Aelius Annius Palmyrenus, eques singularis of the emperor, gave it as a gift to Fortuna...
P[ublius] Aelius Annius eq[ues] sing[ularis] Aug[usti] Palmyrenu[s] d[onum] d[edit] Fortunae [...]
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: Publius Aelius Annius Palmyrenus, eques singularis of the emperor, gave it as a gift to Fortuna...
Museum number: M1446
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 292
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