Bauli / Naval Inscription / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0954
Object Name: Naval Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Fine grained light gray marble. Flat grave marker, very uneven lettering, rather cleanly cut; rusticated forms, some U’s with rounded bottoms. Back smooth. Encrustation in lettering, left side broken. Coarse grained gray marble.
Cultures: Roman
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: C IVLI PVDINTIS C(aii) Iuli Pudentis
MANI LIB LIBERTATE mani(pularis) lib(urna) Libertate
QVI DINES SAVTIS qui Dines Sautis
NAT BESSVS VIXIT Nat(ione) Bessus vixit
ANXXXX MIL AN ann(is) XXXX mil(itavit) an(nis)
XXIII FECIT CANTESTI XXIII fecit C(aius) antesti
VS RVFVS HERES us Rufus heres
BENE MERENTI B(ene) M(erenti) F(ecit)

Measurements

Width: 29.6 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
Thickness: 2.9 cm

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Bauli

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0954
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0954/0000_00_0954p01.tif

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Full citation: "Bauli; Naval 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-0000.00.0954/0000_00_0954p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024.