Naval Inscription / Marble / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0844
Object Name: Naval Inscription
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Materials: Marble; Pigment
Length: 2.0;
Width: 29.5;
Height: 29.0;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;too heavy for lab scales
Pierced: no
Inscribed: yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription: DM D(is) M(anibus); P AELIVSLVCIUS MILES Publius) Aelius lucius Miles; CL PRET MISENENSIVM CL(assis) Pret (oriae) Misenensium; NATIONE SVRVS MILITA natione Surus milita (vit); AN XXVIIII EXIII SALVIA an(nis) XXVIIII Ex III Salvia; DRVSIVS AELIVS LVCI Drusius Aelius Luci-; ANVS PATRI anus patri; B. M. F B(ene) M(erenti) F (ecit)
Full Artifact Description: Flat grave marker. Bottom, left rough chiseled. Irregular lettering. Some cursive forms. Post 117 AD probably middle 2nd century. Upper left and lower right corners broken away.; Gazda: Inscription. Marble.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: Late 2nd C AD
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Language: Latin
Inscription Obverse Text: DM D(is) M(anibus); P AELIVSLVCIUS MILES Publius) Aelius lucius Miles; CL PRET MISENENSIVM CL(assis) Pret (oriae) Misenensium; NATIONE SVRVS MILITA natione Surus milita (vit); AN XXVIIII EXIII SALVIA an(nis) XXVIIII Ex III Salvia; DRVSIVS AELIVS LVCI Drusius Aelius Luci-; ANVS PATRI anus patri; B. M. F B(ene) M(erenti) F (ecit)
Exhibition Title: Case 39 - Syria-Jordan
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Publication Title: Eighteen Unedited Latin Inscriptions from Puteoli and Vicinity
Publication Author: D’Arms, John H.
Publication Year: 1973
Type Category: Inscription

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0844
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0844/dscn5371.jpg

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Full citation: "Naval Inscription; Marble; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0844/dscn5371.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.