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Roman Urns.
Billedtavler pl. LXIX. C. I. L. VI 2166 cum addend, p. 3295. Dessau:
Inscr. lat. select. 4954. Dyggve, Collections II 1938 p. 195 fig. 8,2.
803. (I. N. 865). Homan cinerary urn. M.
H. of urn 0.27, of lid 0.09, L. 0.50. Formerly in the Villa Pacca
and found in Ostia (cf. Nos. 777,783 and 784); acquired 1887 from the
Roman dealer Giacomini. Cf. No. 805.
On the lid, foliage. On the corners of the urn long-haired
youth heads bearing the large floral garlands ornamenting
the front and back. On the tablet the inscription:
D · M .
C · VRTILI NERVAE .
MARCIA · CHRVSIS ·
CONIVGI ■ KARISSIMO
Billedtavler pl. LXIX. C. I. L. 896. Matz-Duhn III No. 3974.
804. (I. N. 1974). Boman tombstone. M.
II. 0.75. Found on the Via Appia near Albano.
At the top a niche with a portrait of the deceased wife
(the nose new), flanked above by the letters D. M. (Dis
Manibus).
Below, in a field marked out by incised lines the in-
scription :
M · POSTVMIVS · ZOSIMVS
FECIT · COIVGI CORNELIAE
PHILETE · ET . POSTVMIAE
PHILETE.F·SVAE·ET.POS
TVMIO · ZOSIMO · F · SVO
ET . CORNELIAE . SVCESSAE
AVIAE . EORVM
The lower part of the stele is smooth, the corners broken
off, the large circular hole no doubt served for the pouring
of beverage offerings to the deceased.
The relief bust is well executed and the style of the hair
indicates the time of Hadrian (cf. Nos. 680 and 680 b).
Billedtavler pl. LXIX. Altmann: Rom. Grabaltare p. 211. P. Gusman:
L’art decoratif de Rome II pl. 116. G. I. L. VI 24877. Arndt-Amelung 4824
(Fr. Poulsen).
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Billedtavler pl. LXIX. C. I. L. VI 2166 cum addend, p. 3295. Dessau:
Inscr. lat. select. 4954. Dyggve, Collections II 1938 p. 195 fig. 8,2.
803. (I. N. 865). Homan cinerary urn. M.
H. of urn 0.27, of lid 0.09, L. 0.50. Formerly in the Villa Pacca
and found in Ostia (cf. Nos. 777,783 and 784); acquired 1887 from the
Roman dealer Giacomini. Cf. No. 805.
On the lid, foliage. On the corners of the urn long-haired
youth heads bearing the large floral garlands ornamenting
the front and back. On the tablet the inscription:
D · M .
C · VRTILI NERVAE .
MARCIA · CHRVSIS ·
CONIVGI ■ KARISSIMO
Billedtavler pl. LXIX. C. I. L. 896. Matz-Duhn III No. 3974.
804. (I. N. 1974). Boman tombstone. M.
II. 0.75. Found on the Via Appia near Albano.
At the top a niche with a portrait of the deceased wife
(the nose new), flanked above by the letters D. M. (Dis
Manibus).
Below, in a field marked out by incised lines the in-
scription :
M · POSTVMIVS · ZOSIMVS
FECIT · COIVGI CORNELIAE
PHILETE · ET . POSTVMIAE
PHILETE.F·SVAE·ET.POS
TVMIO · ZOSIMO · F · SVO
ET . CORNELIAE . SVCESSAE
AVIAE . EORVM
The lower part of the stele is smooth, the corners broken
off, the large circular hole no doubt served for the pouring
of beverage offerings to the deceased.
The relief bust is well executed and the style of the hair
indicates the time of Hadrian (cf. Nos. 680 and 680 b).
Billedtavler pl. LXIX. Altmann: Rom. Grabaltare p. 211. P. Gusman:
L’art decoratif de Rome II pl. 116. G. I. L. VI 24877. Arndt-Amelung 4824
(Fr. Poulsen).
574