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
Type
burial