Basin (Vessel)
L-1033-3
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-1033-3 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Iconography | Inscription |
| Description | Libation cover; fragmentary - proper left edge missing. Latin inscription -5 lines- on proper right. Circular depressed bowl at proper left. Six holes drilled through the bowl to reverse. Circular inscribed border around bowl. Reads: D (m) CORNELIA FE(cit) CRES(centi) BENEM. Translation: To the divine shades. Cornelia made (this monument) to Crescens, well-deserving. |
| Height | 25.1 cm |
| Length | 21.3 cm |
| Depth | 3.5 cm |
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