Latin Funerary Plaque

Item

Title
Latin Funerary Plaque
Inventory Number
A0432
Date Acquired
1909
Description
Plain plaque with pierced circular depression for pouring offerings into the cinerary urn (probably an olla)
DM
FORTUNAE•SORORI•PIEN
TISSIMAE•B•N•M•LL•CAELA
CELER•ET•PROCULUS•FE
CERUNT
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus)
to Fortuna Caela, most pius, well deserving (BNM=benemerenti) sister
Celer and Proculus, happily consecrating this (LL=laeti libentes), set this up
Height
23.5 cm
Width
30 cm
Bibliography
Lind, p. 160
Type
burial