拍品專文
Cf. E. Huebner, Inscriptiones Hispaniae Christianae, supp., Berlin, 1900, no. 437 for the type.
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細節
A LARGE BYZANTINE DEDICATORY TERRACOTTA RELIEF TILE FOR BISHOP MARCIANUS
MID-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Rectangular, with moulded decoration comprising a central Chi-Rho flanked by Alpha and Omega, two rosettes at the base, with two columns on either side surmounted by a semicircular arch decorated with shell motif, the arch flanked by two dolphins, an inscription on the left reads "SALVO EPIS(COPO)" and on the right "MARCIANO", repair across upper left corner
15½ x 9.5.8 in. (39.4 x 24.4 cm.)
MID-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Rectangular, with moulded decoration comprising a central Chi-Rho flanked by Alpha and Omega, two rosettes at the base, with two columns on either side surmounted by a semicircular arch decorated with shell motif, the arch flanked by two dolphins, an inscription on the left reads "SALVO EPIS(COPO)" and on the right "MARCIANO", repair across upper left corner
15½ x 9.5.8 in. (39.4 x 24.4 cm.)