Latin, Funerary / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0980
Object Name: Latin, Funerary
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Inscriptions on stone
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Pigment
Width: 33.5 cm
Height: 16.0 cm
Thickness: 2.8 cm
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 160
Artifact Obverse Inscription: DM D(is) M(anibus); SILIAE FABVLLAE M VLPIVS Siliae Fabullae M(arcus) Ulpius; AVG LIB SOTERICHVS Aug(usti) lib(ertus) Soterichus; CONIVGI OPTIMAE ET DESE coniugi optimae et dese; BENE MERITAE F QVAE bene meritae f(ecit) quae; VIXIT ANNIS L M II D X vixit annis L m(ensibus) II d(iebus) X
Full Artifact Description: Medium grained gray marble. Flat grave marker, small shallowly cut, uneven lettering, tall, Q with long tail. “merenti” de se for sibi? Three nails preserved, stain from fourth Erected by M Ulpius Soterichus, freedman of Trajan. Two scratched lines, vertical frame inscription. Three large corners missing, slight chipping and scratching.
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Inscription Obverse Text: DM D(is) M(anibus); SILIAE FABVLLAE M VLPIVS Siliae Fabullae M(arcus) Ulpius; AVG LIB SOTERICHVS Aug(usti) lib(ertus) Soterichus; CONIVGI OPTIMAE ET DESE coniugi optimae et dese; BENE MERITAE F QVAE bene meritae f(ecit) quae; VIXIT ANNIS L M II D X vixit annis L m(ensibus) II d(iebus) X
Publication Title: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
Publication Year: 0000
Type Category: 25

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0980
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0980/0000_00_0980p02.tif

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