1 - 1. 1W A Roman marble two-sided inscription, circa 1st-early …

Estimate €6,000 - €8,000

Description

1. 1W A Roman marble two-sided inscription, circa 1st-early 3rd Century A.D. Side 1: L.SPURIUS.FELIX.FECIT.PAT[RONO.SUO.ET.]/ SIBI.ET.SPURIAE.L.l.ACTE.PATRONAE/SPURIAE.L.l.PIERIDI.LIB.UXORI, space, SPURIAE.L.l.PRIMILLAE.F.l/ L.SPURIO.L.ET.D.D.l.FELICI LIB, space, SPURIAE L.ET.D.D.l.SABBATIDI.l/ Spuriae.L.l.SECUNDILLAE.F LIB, space, SAIRIAE SABINAE/ ET.LIBERTIS.LIBERTABUS POSTERISQUE.SUIS OMNIBUS, translating as: 'Lucius Spurius Felix built (this grave) for his patron and for himself and for Spuria Acte, freedwoman of Lucius, his patrona, for Spuria Pieris, freedwoman of Lucius, freedwoman, his wife, for Spuria Primilla, freedwoman of Lucius, his daughter, freedwoman, for Lucius Spurius Felix, freedman of Lucius and of two women, freedman, for Spuria Sabbatis, freedwoman of Lucius and two women, freedwoman, for Spuria Secundilla, freedwoman of Lucius, his daughter, freedwoman, for Seria Sabina and for all his freedmen and freedwomen and for all his descendants. The lower section carved in relief with seven vessels and text ]NE.CUM.CN.PACILIO ABINNAEO, perhaps the provider of the burial plot. Side 2: which dates prior to the funerary inscription may refer to a corporation of ship owners: '..UOVURO (duovir is a member of a board of two).NAUCLA (nauclarious:shipowner)...'/[Publ?]ICE.RESTITUERUN, 68.5cm high, 45cm wide Provenance E. van Dijk (1942-2024) Collection, Netherlands, acquired before 1987. Literature P.J. Sijpesteijn, Two Latin Funeral Inscriptions, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 68 (1987), pp. 153-157. It is suggested that the seven vessels depict :a patera, two pot-bellied jars, a smaller jar with double handle, a simpulum, and two large amphorae and an instrument, possibly a paint brush, may indicate that the dedicant was a potter.

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