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5. 5W A marble funerary plaque fragment, possibly 2nd-3rd Ce…
5
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5. 5W A marble funerary plaque fragment, possibly 2nd-3rd Ce…
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
5. 5W A marble funerary plaque fragment, possibly 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
With Latin inscription: DIS M/T PAEDUC ORIEN[S ]/FECIT PAEDUC[AEAE- ]/GALATIAE FI S[UAE ]/ET SIBI ET SUIS P AEORU[M], "To the Spirits of the Departed. Titus Paeducaeus Oriens erected (the tomb) for his daughter Paeducaea Galatia, for himself, for his household, and for their descendants." 22cm high, 28cm wide. There are losses to 2 corners, some letters missing on the right side
Provenance
E. van Dijk (1942-2024) Collection, Netherlands, acquired circa 1960-1995.
Literature
P. J. Sijpesteijn, Lateinische Grabinschriften II, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 81 (1990), pp. 237-242, Plate V, no 3.
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