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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Roman
Title:Funerary tablet (epitaph) with inscription; Mensa sepulchralis with infundibulum
Date Made:2nd half of the 1st century or 2nd century CE
Type:Documentary Artifact
Materials:Marble
Place Made:Europe; Italy; Rome
Measurements:overall: 9 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 5/8 in; 24.1 x 31.4 x 1.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1910.2.C.F
Credit Line:Purchased in Rome (?)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Funerary tablet with inscription.

Transcription:
D(is) M(anibus)
Ti(beri) Calidi Casti,
mil(itis) coh(ortis) IIII pr(aetoriae),
((centuriae)) Romuli, qui milit(avit)
5ann(is) II. F(ecit) h(eres) b(ene) m(erenti).

Translation:
Being Tiberi Calidi;
the Praetorian soldier of the 4th cohort,
the centuries of Romulus, which waged the good warfare
Years 5 unto 2. The deserving heir.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; writing; text; tombs

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