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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 AD |
| Early Date: | 69 |
| Late Date: | 79 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Lead |
| Technique: | Mould-Made |
| Iconography: | Inscription |
| Height: | 7 |
| Length: | 37.5 |
| Width: | 14.5 |
| Credit Line: | Loaned by the Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania |
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:
| Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] White, Donald, et al. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, no. 104 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Rolfe, John C. 1915. The Latin Department's Collection of Antiquities. XIII. 873-877. : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 877 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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