Pozzuoli / Latin, Funerary / Marble / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0823
Object Name: Latin, Funerary
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Inscriptions on stone
Full Artifact Description: Rather small, rectangular tomb marker from multiple tomb. Projecting border at bottom. Cleanly cut square lettering. Some irregularity in spacing and position. Long, thin serifs. Unusual A-T and T-H ligature. Back is smoothly dressed and has remnants of projecting bottom border. From same slab as 913, 982, and 1018. Full size of original slab not known. Some encrustation. Chipping all around edges.
Cultures: Roman
Subjects: undecorated
Materials: Marble; Pigment
Inscription Text: A AGATHOPOD A(uli I(itinii). Agathopod(is)

Measurements

Width: 32.0 cm
Height: 9.9 cm
Thickness: 3.0 cm

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Pozzuoli

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Eighteen Unedited Latin Inscriptions from Puteoli and Vicinity. D’Arms, John H.. American Journal of Archeology. 1973.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0823
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0823/0000_00_0823p01.tif

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Full citation: "Pozzuoli; ; Latin, Funerary; Marble; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0823/0000_00_0823p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2024.