Female Inscription / Marble / Pigment
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.0930
- Object Name
- Female Inscription
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Female inscriptions
- Length
- 8.1;
- Width
- 25.8;
- Height
- 26.4;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;too heavy for lab scales
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- yes
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- D M D(is) M(anibus)
- IVLIAE CH Juliae Ch-
- RESTE IVNI reste Juni-
- VS PHOEBION us Phoebion
- CONVGI Coniugi
- BENEMERENTI Bene Berenti[Fecit]
- Full Artifact Description
- Fragment of grave stone- -probably freestanding cippus. Back rough but intended to curve. Front: curved at top; molding surrounds inscription. Above inscription wreath (oak?) with fillets. Inside wreath circle with cross inside design. Foliae interpuncts. Guidelines at top and bottom. Broken or cut away at bottom. Large chip at left. Surface slightly cracked. Very good attempt at monumental style. Little to no shading. Forms rather square.
- Gazda: Inscription. Marble.
- Verbatim Date
- late 1st C AD
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Language
- Latin
- Inscription Obverse Text
- D M D(is) M(anibus)
- IVLIAE CH Juliae Ch-
- RESTE IVNI reste Juni-
- VS PHOEBION us Phoebion
- CONVGI Coniugi
- BENEMERENTI Bene Berenti[Fecit]
- Inscription Obverse Translation
- To the gods of the underworld. To Julia Chreste . Junius Phoebion to his wife, well-deserving (it)...
- Exhibition Title
- The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World
- Case 35 - Roman Death 2
- Exhibition Curator
- Allen, Marti Lu
- Dix, T. Keith
- Gazda, Elaine
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Publication Title
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
- Publication Year
- 0000
- Type Category
- Inscription
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.0930
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0930/dscn5158.jpg
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"Female Inscription; Marble; Pigment". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0930/dscn5158.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2023.