Naval Inscription / Marble / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0957
Object Name: Naval Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Medium grained gray marble. Flat grave marker, rather neat and deeply cut lettering, some attempt at monumental letter forms, e.g. slight shading; heavy serifs. Guidelines- back flat and smooth. Broken into three pieces, mended, weathering near top.
Cultures: Roman
Subjects: undecorated
Materials: Marble; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: DM D(is) M(anibus)
C LONGINI MAXI C(aii) Longini Maxi
LI LIB CLEMENTIO mi lib(urna) Clementia
NATION PAMPHYLIS nation(e) Pamphylis
VIX ANNIS XXXXV vix(it) annis XXXXV
MILITA ANN XXV milita(vit) ann(is) XXV
L VALERIVS VALENS L(ucius) ValeriusValens
LIBRARIS DVPLICIAR libraris duplicar
HERES BEN MER FEC heres B(ene) M(erenti) F(ecit)

Measurements

Width: 34.0 cm
Height: 33.5 cm
Thickness: 1.8 cm

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Ephemeris Epigraphica, Vol. VIII.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0957
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0957/0000_00_0957p01.tif

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Full citation: "Naval Inscription; Marble; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0957/0000_00_0957p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 09, 2024.