Female Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0914
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, uneven letter style, no shading, open P’s, N.B. swastika ornament; back smooth, cut down to 2.7 thickness in band 8.0 wide bottom. Ships missing from edges, some encrustation and weathering, natural crevices showing through, five rust stains from clamps.
Cultures: Roman
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: DM D(is) Manibus; HERENNIAE LVCILLAE Herenniae Lucillae; POMPEIVS Pompeius; SOTERICANVS VXORI Sotericianus uxori; PROBISSIMAE (SWASTIKA) probissimae; VIXIT ANNIS XXVI vixit annis xxvi; ET MEN SES et men(sibus) ses

Measurements

Width: 38.6 cm
Height: 30.5 cm
Thickness: 4.4 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0914
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0914/0000_00_0914p01.tif

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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-0000.00.0914/0000_00_0914p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 02, 2024.