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

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Object Identifier
0000.00.0962
Object Name
Naval Inscription
Width
49.1 cm
Height
42.5 cm
Thickness
7.6 cm
Pierced
161
Inscribed
160
Artifact Obverse Inscription
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
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.
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Misenum
Production Site
140
Countermark
161
Language
Latin
Inscription Obverse 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
Publication Title
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
Publication Year
0000
Type Category
25

Technical Details

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0000.00.0962
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0962/0000_00_0962p02.tif

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"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_0962p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 16, 2024.
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