Child Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0917
Object Name: Child Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Child inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Flat grave marker, fairly uniform lettering, although roughly cut; guidelines- back left rough. Very slight encrustation and scratching.
Cultures: Roman
Subjects: undecorated
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: DI M D(is) M(anibus); L IGNATIVS L(icius) Ignatius; FVSCVS Fuscus; VIXIT ANNO I vixit anno I; M XI M(ensibus) XI
Inscription Translation: Translation: To the gods of the Underworld.; Lucius Ignatius; Fuscus lived one year eleven months.

Measurements

Width: 23.3 cm
Height: 21.5 cm
Thickness: 5.5 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Ephemeris Epigraphica, Vol. VIII.
Exhibitions: The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World. 1991.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0917
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0917/0000_00_0917p01.tif

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Full citation: "Child 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-0000.00.0917/0000_00_0917p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 02, 2024.