A columnar, portaled Roman cinerarium
Marble, probably Greek marble
Height: 53cm
Height (excluding lid): 43cm
Height (body): 32.5cm
Width (lid): 34cm
Length (lid): 33cm
Height (excluding lid): 43cm
Height (body): 32.5cm
Width (lid): 34cm
Length (lid): 33cm
Inscription: D. M / TITVS. CLODIVS PVLCHER / CONIVGI B. M. FECIT
D[is] M[anibus] Titus Clodius Pulcher coniugi b[ene] m[erenti] fecit
Inscription marks: Letter heights: Line 1: 16mm; Lines 2 and 3: 13mm
Inscription note: Line 3: It is possible that a C has actually been inscribed in place of the G.
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: To the spirits of the departed. Titus Clodius Pulcher set it up for his well-deserving wife.
Inscription language: Latin
D[is] M[anibus] Titus Clodius Pulcher coniugi b[ene] m[erenti] fecit
Inscription marks: Letter heights: Line 1: 16mm; Lines 2 and 3: 13mm
Inscription note: Line 3: It is possible that a C has actually been inscribed in place of the G.
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: To the spirits of the departed. Titus Clodius Pulcher set it up for his well-deserving wife.
Inscription language: Latin
Museum number: M374
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 322
On display: Catacombs
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