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Burial Tablet
| Object Number: | L-1033-58 |
| Current Location: | Rome Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Imperial Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique: | Inscribed |
| Iconography: | Inscription |
| Height: | 11.8cm |
| Length: | 30cm |
| Depth: | 2.6cm |
| Credit Line: | Loaned by the Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania |
Description
Rectangular tablet. Inscribed triangles in each corner. Faintly inscribed border on proper l. and r. connects the inside points of the triangles; borders flanks inscription. One hole drilled on each side between borders, containing remains of iron nails; red discoloration around nails. Latin inscription - 3 lines: C CATILIVS C L PRIMUS CATILIA C L PRIMA = Gaius Catilius Primus, freedman of Gaius (Catilius); Catilia Prima, freedwoman of Gaius (Catilius) (lie here).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Roman World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Rolfe, John C. 1915. The Latin Department's Collection of Antiquities. XIII. 873-877. : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 874, no. 1 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [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. 84, no. 124 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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