Latin Funerary Plaque

Item

Title

Latin Funerary Plaque

Inventory Number

A0435

Description

Plain plaque of white marble with border; in the pediment, a small stone-mason's dolabra, pick.
DM
RUBRIA•POSTIMA
POSTUMIANO
FILIO•KARISIMO
FECIT
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus)
Rubria Postima
for my dearest son
Postumianus
made this

Height

16.5 cm

Width

27.5 cm

Bibliography

Lind, p. 160

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