A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN FRAGMENT
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With an inscribed rectangular panel on the front above the lintel of double-doors, each with two ring pulls, a foliate garland with berries draped across the doors and framing the panel, suspended by ribbons tied to the lower edge of the pediment, a spirally-fluted Corinthian column at the corner, the preserved side with incised lines imitating masonry, the front panel inscribed in Latin, reading: "To the Shades of the Dead (and) of Arria Clamys, freedwoman of Gaius (Arrius)"
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
來源
with Sestieri Antichita, Rome, 1975.
Acquired by Christian B. Peper, St. Louis, and brought to the U.S., 1975.
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For a similar example see no. 163, pl. 34b, p.133 in Sinn, Stadtrömische Marmorurnen.