Burial Tablet

L-1033-52

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-1033-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Imperial Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Inscribed
Iconography Inscription
Description

Rectangular burial tablet; broken on proper left; traces of red and yellow paint. Latin inscription - 6 lines; 3 faint inscribed guide lines per line of text: CLARENNA NATALIS FECIT SIBI ET C HERENN(ius) PROBO CONTVBE SVO ET LIBERTIS ET LIBERTIS LIBE POSTERISQUE E. Translation: Clarennia Natalis Made (this burial place) for herself and for Gaius Herennius Probus her mate and for her freedmen and freedwomen and their descendants.

Height 18.5 cm
Length 25.1 cm
Depth 3.6 cm

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