Naval Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0834
Object Name: Naval Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Fragment or funerary tablet. Moulding at top cyma recta above fillet. Inscription surrounded by rectangle, flanked by trapezoids. Good lettering of late period. Back surface partly dressed. Remains of iron nail at bottom. Holes line two and bottom row. Guidelines. Long serifs. Some rust stains. Broken at left. Possibly also at bottom. Though inscription probably complete (exc. at L) Heavy shading on many letters (N. B.A. V)
Cultures: Roman
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: IL PIAER APRILI
O CL POR MIS P V [M]
M IPSE SIBI DVM ADVIVERET
LACVIT ET COMPARAVIT

...] IL pIAER aPRILI
...] O LC(ASSIS P R(AETORIAE) MIS(ENESIS) p(IO) v(INDEX)
...p] LACVIT ET COMPARAVIT

Measurements

Width: 54.6 cm
Height: 21.3 cm
Thickness: 3.7 cm

Date

Earliest Date: 214

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0834
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0834/0000_00_0834p01.tif

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Full citation: "Naval Inscription; Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0834/0000_00_0834p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 06, 2024.