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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE ALTAR
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Of rectangular form, one side with an oinochoe in relief, the other side with a phiale, the front panel with an inscription reading, "D(is) M(anibus), CORNELI PRIMITIVI, C CORNELIVS, FELIX, ALUMNO, KARISSIMO FECIT", To the spirits of the dead, Gaius Cornelius, the favorable made this (tomb) of Cornelius Primitivus (first born), for his most beloved pupil"
273/8 in. (69.5 cm) high
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Of rectangular form, one side with an oinochoe in relief, the other side with a phiale, the front panel with an inscription reading, "D(is) M(anibus), CORNELI PRIMITIVI, C CORNELIVS, FELIX, ALUMNO, KARISSIMO FECIT", To the spirits of the dead, Gaius Cornelius, the favorable made this (tomb) of Cornelius Primitivus (first born), for his most beloved pupil"
273/8 in. (69.5 cm) high