Pilastered double cinerarium
41-68 AD
Sinn suggests a Claudian-Neronian dating [noting that the inscriptions are not antique]
Sinn suggests a Claudian-Neronian dating [noting that the inscriptions are not antique]
Pentelic marble
Height: 55cm
Height (excluding restorations): 29.5cm
Width (lid): 50cm
Height (excluding restorations): 29.5cm
Width (lid): 50cm
Inscription: (RH side): D. M. / L. AVIL. DYONISI / VS. FECIT
D[is] M[anibus] L[ucius] Avil[us] Dyonisius fecit
Inscription marks: Letter heights: Line 1: 15mm; Line 2: 13-14mm; Line 3: 13mm.
Inscription note: Line 2: N is reversed.
Inscription translation: To the spirits of the departed. Lucius Dyonisius set it up.
D[is] M[anibus] L[ucius] Avil[us] Dyonisius fecit
Inscription marks: Letter heights: Line 1: 15mm; Line 2: 13-14mm; Line 3: 13mm.
Inscription note: Line 2: N is reversed.
Inscription translation: To the spirits of the departed. Lucius Dyonisius set it up.
Inscription: (LH side): D. M. / ANTONIAE / AQVILLAE / CONIVGI
D[is] M[anibus] Antoniae Aquillae coniugi
Inscription marks: Lines 1 and 2: ligature AE. Line 4: the first N of ANTONIAE is reversed.
Letter Heights: Line 1: 10-12mm; Line 2: 11-14mm; Line 3: 12-15mm; Line 4: 11-12mm..
Inscription note:
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinum (CIL) doubts the authenticity of this inscription.
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. To Antonia Aquilla (his/my) wife.
D[is] M[anibus] Antoniae Aquillae coniugi
Inscription marks: Lines 1 and 2: ligature AE. Line 4: the first N of ANTONIAE is reversed.
Letter Heights: Line 1: 10-12mm; Line 2: 11-14mm; Line 3: 12-15mm; Line 4: 11-12mm..
Inscription note:
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinum (CIL) doubts the authenticity of this inscription.
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. To Antonia Aquilla (his/my) wife.
Museum number: M429
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 323
On display: Basement West Corridor
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