Burial Tablet

L-1033-11

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-1033-11
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Imperial Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Inscribed
Iconography Inscription
Description

Rectangular tablet. Double border around the outside. Latin inscription run over the border at proper left; 3 lines: D M FLAVIA IRENE FECIT SIBI ET T FLAVIO CASTORICON. Translation: To the divine shades. Flavia Irene made (this monument) for herself and for Titus Flavius Castor, her husband.

Height 12.25 cm
Length 15 cm
Thickness 2 cm

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