Burial Tablet
L-1033-28A
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-1033-28A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Imperial Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Iconography | Inscription |
| Description | Rectangular slab. Faint inscribed border with trace of red paint on proper left and top. Pinkish plaster on top. Latin inscription on upper 3/4 of face; traces of pink paint inside letters - 5 lines: DIIS MANIBVS C POPPAEVS VALES ET POPPAEA ILIAS FECERVNI SIBI ET AVLANIAE CHARIDI AMICAE SVAE CARISSIMAE. Translation: To the divine shades. Gaius Poppaeus Valens and Poppaea Ilias made (this monument) for themselves and for Aulania Charis, their dearest friend. Mended with L-1033-28B, but now broken again. |
| Height | 31.5 cm |
| Length | 41.6 cm |
| Depth | 3.3 cm |
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