Naval Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0846
Object Name: Naval Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Small square grave marker. Deeply cut square letters. Irregular size and shape. Many letters have large split serifs. Top of stone recessed and rough reverse. Top of stone (3cm) recessed, smoothly finished except at join. Line 1 has foliar interpunct. Slight encrustation and surface erosion. Lower left corner broken away.
Cultures: Roman
Subjects: undecorated
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: DM D(is) M(anibus)
P AELIO THEAGENE VE P(ublio)Aelio Theaene Ve-
TERANOEXCL LR MISN terano ex cl(asse)NB sic Lfor P pr(aetoria) Misen(ensis)
MILITAVIT ERGODOTA militavit ergodota
VIXIT ANNIS LVIIIM XI vixit annis LVIII M(ensibus) XI
AVRELIASYNTYCHE Aurelia Syntyche
CONIVGI B M F conugi B(ene) M(erenti) F (lecit)

Measurements

Width: 22.7 cm
Height: 24.0 cm
Thickness: 4.4 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Some New Inscriptions from Puteoli, Bauae, Misenum and Cumae

American Journal of Archaeology. Dennison, W.. 1898.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0846
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0846/0000_00_0846p01.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-0000.00.0846/0000_00_0846p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 20, 2025.