Military Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0947
Object Name: Military Inscription
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Width: 36.1 cm
Height: 24.3 cm
Thickness: 3.3 cm
Pierced: no
Inscribed: yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription: DMS D(is) M(anibus) S(acrum); IV LI O MA RI N Julio Marin-; O VETERA NO AVG N O Veteraano Aug(usti) N(ostri); QVIBIX AN LX M VII Qui Bix(it) An(nis) LX M(ensibus) VII; DI E VIII IV LI A FELICITAS Die(bus) VIII JUlia Felicitas; CO IC GI BEN MERFECIT Co(n)iugi Ben(e) Mer(enti) Fecit
Full Artifact Description: Flat grave marker. Crudely lettered. Guidelines visible but not followed. In general, rusticated style. Some ^ shaped serifs. Interpunct= / Some chipping, discoloration. Lower part of surface badly eroded. Medium Grain grain marble.
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Language: Latin
Inscription Obverse Text: DMS D(is) M(anibus) S(acrum); IV LI O MA RI N Julio Marin-; O VETERA NO AVG N O Veteraano Aug(usti) N(ostri); QVIBIX AN LX M VII Qui Bix(it) An(nis) LX M(ensibus) VII; DI E VIII IV LI A FELICITAS Die(bus) VIII JUlia Felicitas; CO IC GI BEN MERFECIT Co(n)iugi Ben(e) Mer(enti) Fecit
Publication Title: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
Publication Year: 0000
Type Category: Inscription

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0947
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0947/0000_00_0947p01.tif

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