Latin Funerary Plaque

Item

Title

Latin Funerary Plaque

Inventory Number

A0437

Description

Small ash urn of white marble with inset plaque flanked by cornucopiae rising out of baskets; two antithetic griffins with curled tails {like hippocamps} below; faces at the corners.
D•M
C•LIBARNIO
BARBULAE
to the gods of the underworld (diis manibus)
Gaius Libarnius
Barbula

Height

20 cm

Width

27 cm

Bibliography

Lind, p. 160-1

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