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PLATE VII. Fig. 1.
A sepulchral urn, of a square flat form, with an inscription dedi-
cated by T. Sex. Hecticus, to T. Sex. Agatha, his excellent brother.
D . M . T . SEX . AGATHA
T . SEX . HECTICUS
FRATI . OPTIMO . F .
The lid is modern. The sides of the urn are marked with lines,
in imitation of the bonding of brick or stone work.
Height, exclusive of lid, 6 inches; width, 12f inches. Height
of modern lid, 2j inches.
Presented to the British Museum, by Thomas Hollis, Esq.
PLATE VII. Fig. 2.
[An oval-shaped sepulchral vase, formed of the alabaster of the
ancients (i. e. stalagmitical fibrous carbonate of lime). The inscrip-
tion is simply dedicatory,
FLAVIAE
VALENTIN AE,
" To Flavia Valentina," whose ashes, and whose half-burnt bones are
still preserved within the urn, and mingled with which were seven
coins of emperors, from Antoninus Pius, to Elagabalus inclusive.
The surface of the vase was greatly corroded, when found, but, while
in Mr. Towneley's possession, was polished afresh, except a square
portion about the inscription, which was left to shew its state when
first discovered. It was found in the year 1772, about two miles
from the Lateran gate of Rome, near the Via Latina.
Height, 8|- inches.]
PLATE VII. Fig. 1.
A sepulchral urn, of a square flat form, with an inscription dedi-
cated by T. Sex. Hecticus, to T. Sex. Agatha, his excellent brother.
D . M . T . SEX . AGATHA
T . SEX . HECTICUS
FRATI . OPTIMO . F .
The lid is modern. The sides of the urn are marked with lines,
in imitation of the bonding of brick or stone work.
Height, exclusive of lid, 6 inches; width, 12f inches. Height
of modern lid, 2j inches.
Presented to the British Museum, by Thomas Hollis, Esq.
PLATE VII. Fig. 2.
[An oval-shaped sepulchral vase, formed of the alabaster of the
ancients (i. e. stalagmitical fibrous carbonate of lime). The inscrip-
tion is simply dedicatory,
FLAVIAE
VALENTIN AE,
" To Flavia Valentina," whose ashes, and whose half-burnt bones are
still preserved within the urn, and mingled with which were seven
coins of emperors, from Antoninus Pius, to Elagabalus inclusive.
The surface of the vase was greatly corroded, when found, but, while
in Mr. Towneley's possession, was polished afresh, except a square
portion about the inscription, which was left to shew its state when
first discovered. It was found in the year 1772, about two miles
from the Lateran gate of Rome, near the Via Latina.
Height, 8|- inches.]