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

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0962
Object Name: Naval Inscription
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Object Category: Inscription
Object Type: Military/Naval inscriptions
Full Artifact Description: Medium grain dark gray marble, some dark veining. Flat grave marker, shallow uneven lettering , rustication of m,n,a, r,b. Two completely different forms of B; one with vertical stroke extended (line 5) other with diagonal stroke extended(line 6) Encrustation, chipping at edges.
Cultures: Roman
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Language: Latin
Inscription Text: DM D(is) M(anibus); T MINVCIVS SATCR T(itus) Minucius Satur; NINVS> VETERAN ninus c(enturio) veteran(us); AELPIDI VERNAE Helpidi vernae; SVAE ET SIBI ET LIB sue et sibi et lib(ertis); LIDERRADPOSTERISQ libertab(us) posterisq(ue); EORVM eorum

Measurements

Width: 49.1 cm
Height: 42.5 cm
Thickness: 7.6 cm

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Misenum

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0962
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0962/0000_00_0962p01.tif

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Full citation: "Misenum; ; 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-0000.00.0962/0000_00_0962p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 01, 2024.