A Roman marble columbarium panel
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The rectangular memorial tablet inscribed with three lines of Latin text 'to Secundio Caelia's sumptuarius (who lived) twenty-five years. Philema the vestispica (put this up) to her brother', bordered with a wavy line, an iron rivet to the right side, 11in (28.2cm) long
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The rectangular memorial tablet inscribed with three lines of Latin text 'to Secundio Caelia's sumptuarius (who lived) twenty-five years. Philema the vestispica (put this up) to her brother', bordered with a wavy line, an iron rivet to the right side, 11in (28.2cm) long
Sold for
£9,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Victor Gulotta Collection, Massachusetts. Acquired in 2005.
Lowther Castle Collection, Penrith, Cumbria, England, formed in the 19th Century.
Published:
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, volume VI, 'Inscriptiones urbis Romae Latinae', 1974, no. 9912.
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