Lot 911
A Roman funerary altar for Victor, 2nd century AD
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Hammer price € 1,500
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Marble funerary altar with beautiful patina. On the front, a five-line funerary inscription for the infant Victor, who died at the age of eight months "DMS / VICTOR / ME(n)SIVM / VII[I] H S E / S T T S". The back is finely decorated in the center with an ascia, a symbol often found on funerary monuments. An impressive social and epigraphic testimony from the 2nd century AD. Dimensions: 18 x 10 x 8 cm. Published: Hongliang Li, An Unpublished Funerary Inscription from Augusta Emerita. Ficheiro Epigráfico 241 (2023) 830. Faculdade de Letrasuniversidade de coimbraficherio epigrafico (Sumplemento de "Conimbriga" 241 Inscricoes 829-831. https://www.uc.pt/fluc/iarq/pdfs/Pdfs_FE/FE_241_2023 Provenance: South German collection before 2000. Previously in a German collection since the 1960s.Provenance: Provenienz: Süddeutsche Privatsammlung, erworben vor 2000 aus deutscher Sammlung seit den 1960er Jahren.
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