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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.
2357. Sepulchral chest. In the middle of the front is a tablet,
with a moulded frame, containing the inscription: Dis
Manibu(s) Claudiae Foriunatae, coniugi sanctissimae optim^aye
de se merifae Iucundus Aug^usti) lib(ertus), actor XXXX
Gal(liarum). Below the tablet is a fluted vase, from
which spring two branches of ivy rising to each side.
There is also a branch of ivy on the (modern) cover.
Jucundus was an agent at Eome of the administration of
the tax known as the quadragesima Galliarum, i.e. an
import tax of 2^ per cent., levied at the frontiers of the
three Gauls. 1st cent. a.d. (?).—Shane Coll.
Italian marble. Height, without cover, 8^ inches ; width, 9£ inches.
Restored: the cover. First copied by Gudius, in 1662. Formerly
in the Kempe Museum. Mon. Vetust. Kempiana, p. 40, 21;
Muratori, p. 893, 8 ; Mus. Marbles, V., pi. 6, figs. 2, 3 ; Ellis.
Town. Gall., II., p. 242 ; C.I.L., VI., 8591. For the tax, cf.
Marquardt and Mommsen, Roem. Altertkuemcr, V. (1S76), p. 264.
2358. (Fig. 53.) Sepulchral chest. On each side of the
front is a Corinthian column, with spiral flutings, and
Avith a bird on the capital. In the centre is a large
tablet, with moulded frame, containing the inscription :
Dis Manibus, M. Clodio He(r^mae, coniugi optima, et Amnio
Felici, fratri, fecit Annia Augustalis, et Tijranno carissimo.
Above the tablet are two rams' heads, confronted,
connected by a string of beads, and having festoons of
fruit suspended from them. In the centre is a Gorgoneion
between two swans. Below the tablet is a relief with
Pluto carrying away Persephone in a four-horse chariot.
The ground opens before the horses. A winged Cupid
acts as charioteer. Behind the chariot is an overturned
basket of flowers. On the riarht and left sides are laurel
trees, having at each side of them the Corinthian columns
above described and pilasters, with floral devices in the
panels. A pair of eagles stand at the foot of each tree.
2nd cent. L.D.-—Townclcy Coll.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.
2357. Sepulchral chest. In the middle of the front is a tablet,
with a moulded frame, containing the inscription: Dis
Manibu(s) Claudiae Foriunatae, coniugi sanctissimae optim^aye
de se merifae Iucundus Aug^usti) lib(ertus), actor XXXX
Gal(liarum). Below the tablet is a fluted vase, from
which spring two branches of ivy rising to each side.
There is also a branch of ivy on the (modern) cover.
Jucundus was an agent at Eome of the administration of
the tax known as the quadragesima Galliarum, i.e. an
import tax of 2^ per cent., levied at the frontiers of the
three Gauls. 1st cent. a.d. (?).—Shane Coll.
Italian marble. Height, without cover, 8^ inches ; width, 9£ inches.
Restored: the cover. First copied by Gudius, in 1662. Formerly
in the Kempe Museum. Mon. Vetust. Kempiana, p. 40, 21;
Muratori, p. 893, 8 ; Mus. Marbles, V., pi. 6, figs. 2, 3 ; Ellis.
Town. Gall., II., p. 242 ; C.I.L., VI., 8591. For the tax, cf.
Marquardt and Mommsen, Roem. Altertkuemcr, V. (1S76), p. 264.
2358. (Fig. 53.) Sepulchral chest. On each side of the
front is a Corinthian column, with spiral flutings, and
Avith a bird on the capital. In the centre is a large
tablet, with moulded frame, containing the inscription :
Dis Manibus, M. Clodio He(r^mae, coniugi optima, et Amnio
Felici, fratri, fecit Annia Augustalis, et Tijranno carissimo.
Above the tablet are two rams' heads, confronted,
connected by a string of beads, and having festoons of
fruit suspended from them. In the centre is a Gorgoneion
between two swans. Below the tablet is a relief with
Pluto carrying away Persephone in a four-horse chariot.
The ground opens before the horses. A winged Cupid
acts as charioteer. Behind the chariot is an overturned
basket of flowers. On the riarht and left sides are laurel
trees, having at each side of them the Corinthian columns
above described and pilasters, with floral devices in the
panels. A pair of eagles stand at the foot of each tree.
2nd cent. L.D.-—Townclcy Coll.