Rome, Porta Salaria; / funerary marker / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Paint / Pigment

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Object Identifier
0000.00.1436
Other Number
KM Studies 4, 053
Type of Number
Catalogue Number
Object Name
funerary marker
Object Type
Inscriptions on stone
Design Style
;;
Ancient Reuse
;;
Modern Rework
;;
Length
2.5;
Width
13.0;
Height
7.8;
Thickness
;
Weight
;586 g
Quantity
0;0;0
Broken
;;
Pierced
no
Inscribed
yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription
HERENNIA
ALEXIS
Artifact Reverse Inscription
;;
Full Artifact Description
Fine grained white marble. small rectangular grave marker. Lettering is irregular Scriptura Capitalis. Left and right edges rough. Yellow mortar on all four margins. Gray mortar on top and bottom edges. Letters colored in red.
Gazda: Inscription from a Columbarium. Marble.
Object Title
;;
Artist/Creator/Maker
;;
Publisher
;;
Verbatim Date
1st C AD
Geography
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Park
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Geographic Location
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Context/Structure
;
Unit Grid Number
;
Component/Room
;
Feature
;
Burial/Area Number
;
Individual Number
;
Area
;
Verbatim Provenance
Italy;
Latitude
0;0
Longitude
0;0
Stratum
;
Units
;
Depth
;
Horizon
;
Triangulation Point
;
Bag Number
;
Find Date
;
Unit Grid Number Description
;
Unit Grid Number Marginalia
;
Component/Room Description
;
Component/Room Marginalia
;
Artifact Description
;
Artifact Marginalia
;
Remarks
;
Verbatim Site
Rome, Porta Salaria;
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Inscription Obverse Text
HERENNIA
ALEXIS
Exhibition Title
Case 33 - Roman Death 1
Case 35 - Roman Death 2
Exhibition Curator
Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year
2009
Publication Title
Latin Inscriptions in the Kelsey Museum: The Dennison Collection
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
Publication Author
Baldwin, M & Torelli, M
Publication Year
1979
0000
Type Category
Inscription

Technical Details

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0000.00.1436
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"Rome, Porta Salaria;; funerary marker; Marble; Plaster or mortar; Paint; Pigment". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1436/dscn5174.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2023.