Fistula
| Object Number: | L-1033-60 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Imperial Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 69-79 CE |
| Early Date: | 69 |
| Late Date: | 79 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Lead |
| Technique: | Mould-Made |
| Iconography: | Inscription |
| Height: | 7 cm |
| Length: | 37.5 cm |
| Width: | 14.5 cm |
Description
Slightly squashed hollow lead fistula. Manufactured: poured into mold, then folded, smooth on all sides except seam, where very rough. Cut off smoothly at proper left and right; curled in upon itself at openings. Latin text reads: IM(p) (c)AES AVG VESPASIANI SVB CVRA CALLISTI AVG L PROC = (This is the pipe of) Imperator Caesar Augustus Vespasian, (made) under the supervision of Lucius Callistus, Proconsul for Augustus(?)
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, no. 104 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Rolfe, John C. 1915. The Latin Department's Collection of Antiquities.. Old Penn. Vol. XIII. pg. 873-877 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 877 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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