Latin Funerary Plaque

Item

Title

Latin Funerary Plaque

Inventory Number

A0432

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

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