Funerary Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0859a
Object Name: Funerary Inscription
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Funerary inscriptions
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Width: 42.0 cm
Height: 28.8 cm
Thickness: 4.8 cm
Pierced: no
Inscribed: yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription: M MARIO POTHO L ET M(arco) Mario Potho L(iberto) et; CHRYSEROTI L ET MYRTINI L ET Chryseroti L(iberto et Myrtini L(iberto) et; P]SYCHE L ET SUIS H M S H EXTRAR N S p}syche L(ibertae) et suis. L(oc) M (onumnetu m) Si(ve) S(epulcrum) H (erendem) Extrar(ium) N(on) S(equetur)
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of monumental tomb inscription. Die Moulding around inscription. Probably left-hand margin nearly preserved. Unknown amount missing from top. Five types of interpuncts, including two foliar. Interpuncts in line two lower than line 1 and 3 possibly indicating erasure and recutting. Excellent quality lettering, close to monumental style. Tall I and tall Y in line 2. Broken into six pieces. Not mended. Broken at left and top. Including tops of first row of letters.
Subjects: undecorated
Geography: Via Campana
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Language: Latin
Inscription Obverse Text: M MARIO POTHO L ET M(arco) Mario Potho L(iberto) et; CHRYSEROTI L ET MYRTINI L ET Chryseroti L(iberto et Myrtini L(iberto) et; P]SYCHE L ET SUIS H M S H EXTRAR N S p}syche L(ibertae) et suis. L(oc) M (onumnetu m) Si(ve) S(epulcrum) H (erendem) Extrar(ium) N(on) S(equetur)
Publication Title: Some New Inscriptions from Puteoli, Bauae, Misenum and Cumae; American Journal of Archaeology
Publication Author: Dennison, W.
Publication Year: 1898
Type Category: Inscription

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0859a
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0859a/0000_00_0859p01.tif

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Full citation: "Funerary 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-0000.00.0859a/0000_00_0859p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.