Female Inscription / Marble / Pigment

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0879
Object Name: Female Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Female inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Concave grave marker. Individual letters well cut, but spacing and lines irregular. Some rusticated letter forms(M,A,N). Inscription framed by cyma reversa moulding. Possibly a reused architectural member. Broken into six pieces, one piece missing. Mended. Some encrustation. Back roughly finished.
Subjects: undecorated
Materials: Marble; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: D M S D(is) M(anibus) S(acrum)
CAESIAEPRO V Caesiae Pro(c)u-
LAEQVEVIX N lae que vix(it a) n-
NIS XXXVIIIIDXX nis xxxviiii d(uebus) XX
HIIBIVSNIPTVNA Hiibius Niptuna-
LISFILIVSETCAESIA lis filius et Caesia
MARCIANA SOROR Marciana soror
B M F B(ene) M(erenti) F (lecit)

Measurements

Width: 32.0 cm
Height: 28.5 cm
Thickness: 7.3 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Ephemeris Epigraphica, Vol. VIII.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0879
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0879/0000_00_0879p01.tif

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Full citation: "Female Inscription; Marble; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0879/0000_00_0879p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 04, 2024.