Female Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0909
Object Name: Female Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Female inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Flat grave marker, very cleanly cut letters, prominent shading, slanted serifs, apices, some tall I’s A’s with slanted crossbars: back smooth. Broken into four pieces, one missing, but broken again, some staining.
Cultures: Roman
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: GRANIAI A L CLARAE Graniai A(uli) L(ibertae) Clarae
LIB FRVGI VIXIT ANN XXIII Lib(ertae) Frugi vixit ann(is) XXIII
STOMACHVM MIHI NVLL Stomachum mihi mullu[m]
VNCQVAM FECIT NISI QVODMC uncquam fecit nisi quod mo[rtua]

Measurements

Width: 39.7 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
Thickness: 2.6 cm
Measurement Notes: 38.2 cm x 22.9 cm x 3.0 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0909
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0909/dsc_2856.jpg

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Full citation: "Female 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-0000.00.0909/dsc_2856.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2024.