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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.
Italian marble. Height, 2 feet inches; width, 2 feet 2| inches.
Formerly in the Villa Montalto, whence it was purchased by
Townley in 1787. It has been used as a water-cistern. First
copied by Tolomei (1666); erroneously assigned by Muratori
(p. 1327,8) to the Church of S. Maria Maggiore. Fabretti, p. 384,
No. 220; Dallaway, p. 331; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 267.
C.I.L., VI., 15740.
2359. Sepulchral cbest with cover. At each angle of the
front is a flaming candelabrum, resting on dolphins
and having a winged Sphinx in the middle of the stem.
A pomegranate (?) flower hangs on each side of a tablet
with moulded frame, inscribed: L(udus) Cocceius M(arci)
f(ilius) Dexius Clymenus vixit annum I menses VII diem
unum. Below the tablet is a second inscription: C(aius)
Sergius C(aii')fil(iiis') Alcimus vixit ann(is) IIImensib(us) III
diebus tribus. Frumentum accepit die X ostio XXXIX.
Sergius Alcimus e suo.
This inscription is one of a small group (C.J.i., VI.,
10223-10225) in which the day and the doorway for the
issue of rations of public corn to the deceased are expressly
stated.
On the right side is a wreath of fruit tied with sashes.
Two birds are pecking at a lizard, and two are pecking at
the wreath. On the left side is a similar wreath. Two
birds are feeding their young in a nest, and two birds are
pecking at the wreath.
The cover is in pediment form, with a shell in the
middle of the pediment and a dolphin at each angle. At
each side are rosettes. 2nd cent. A.D. (?).
Italian marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot 2J inches; width,
1 foot £ inch. Formerly in the collection of S. Agostino,
and afterwards in the Kenrpe Museum. Purchased, 1896.
Man. Yet. Kempiana, p. 42, Nos. 30, 31; Muratori, p. 1660, 8;
C.I.L., VI.. 10224. For MS. copyists see ibid. First copied by
Gudius in 1662, or (about the same time) by Suarez.
2360. Rectangular sepulchral cippus. In the middle of the
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.
Italian marble. Height, 2 feet inches; width, 2 feet 2| inches.
Formerly in the Villa Montalto, whence it was purchased by
Townley in 1787. It has been used as a water-cistern. First
copied by Tolomei (1666); erroneously assigned by Muratori
(p. 1327,8) to the Church of S. Maria Maggiore. Fabretti, p. 384,
No. 220; Dallaway, p. 331; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 267.
C.I.L., VI., 15740.
2359. Sepulchral cbest with cover. At each angle of the
front is a flaming candelabrum, resting on dolphins
and having a winged Sphinx in the middle of the stem.
A pomegranate (?) flower hangs on each side of a tablet
with moulded frame, inscribed: L(udus) Cocceius M(arci)
f(ilius) Dexius Clymenus vixit annum I menses VII diem
unum. Below the tablet is a second inscription: C(aius)
Sergius C(aii')fil(iiis') Alcimus vixit ann(is) IIImensib(us) III
diebus tribus. Frumentum accepit die X ostio XXXIX.
Sergius Alcimus e suo.
This inscription is one of a small group (C.J.i., VI.,
10223-10225) in which the day and the doorway for the
issue of rations of public corn to the deceased are expressly
stated.
On the right side is a wreath of fruit tied with sashes.
Two birds are pecking at a lizard, and two are pecking at
the wreath. On the left side is a similar wreath. Two
birds are feeding their young in a nest, and two birds are
pecking at the wreath.
The cover is in pediment form, with a shell in the
middle of the pediment and a dolphin at each angle. At
each side are rosettes. 2nd cent. A.D. (?).
Italian marble. Height, without cover, 1 foot 2J inches; width,
1 foot £ inch. Formerly in the collection of S. Agostino,
and afterwards in the Kenrpe Museum. Purchased, 1896.
Man. Yet. Kempiana, p. 42, Nos. 30, 31; Muratori, p. 1660, 8;
C.I.L., VI.. 10224. For MS. copyists see ibid. First copied by
Gudius in 1662, or (about the same time) by Suarez.
2360. Rectangular sepulchral cippus. In the middle of the