Fistula
L-1033-60
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-1033-60 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Imperial Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 69-79 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Lead |
| Technique | Mould-Made |
| Iconography | Inscription |
| Description | Slightly squashed hollow lead fistula. Manufactured: poured into mold, then folded, smooth on all sides except seam, where very rough. Cut off smoothly at proper left and right; curled in upon itself at openings. Latin text reads: IM(p) (c)AES AVG VESPASIANI SVB CVRA CALLISTI AVG L PROC = (This is the pipe of) Imperator Caesar Augustus Vespasian, (made) under the supervision of Lucius Callistus, Proconsul for Augustus(?) |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Length | 37.5 cm |
| Width | 14.5 cm |
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