Cinerarium with Genii at the corners holding a garland, name plate with medallion portrait below it, and separate lid.
Pentelic marble
Height: 44cm
Height (body): 26cm
Height (lid): 9.5cm
Width (lid): 40.5cm
Length (lid): 32.5cm
Height (body): 26cm
Height (lid): 9.5cm
Width (lid): 40.5cm
Length (lid): 32.5cm
Inscription: D M / QVINTO TERENTIỌ / AVRELIA TERENTIA / FILIA PIISSIMA FECIT
D[is] M[anibus] Quinto Terentio Aurelia Terentia filia piissima fecit
Inscription marks: Line 1: 17mm; Lines 2-4: 14mm.
Inscription note: [This does not appear to have been published in CIL.]
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 Quintus Terentius, Aurelia Terentia his dearest daughter set it up.
D[is] M[anibus] Quinto Terentio Aurelia Terentia filia piissima fecit
Inscription marks: Line 1: 17mm; Lines 2-4: 14mm.
Inscription note: [This does not appear to have been published in CIL.]
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 Quintus Terentius, Aurelia Terentia his dearest daughter set it up.
Museum number: M424
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 339
On display: Catacombs
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