A votive monument (so-called “Altar of Angera”)

Marble from Ornavasso-Candoglia. 41—54 CE.
110 × 74 × 28 cm. Inv. No. A 0.9.6774.Milan, Civic Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

A votive monument (so-called “Altar of Angera”).

Marble from Ornavasso-Candoglia. 41—54 CE.
110 × 74 × 28 cm.

Inv. No. A 0.9.6774.

Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum
(Civico museo archeologico di Milano).

Origin:

From Angera (Varese).

Description:

CIL V, 5472:

I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / P(ublius) Qurtius(!) P(ubli) f(ilius) Victor / P(ublius) Qurtius P(ubli) f(ilius) Primus / VIvir iun(ior)

(To) Jupiter Optimus Maximus
(from) Publius Curtius Victor, son of Publius (and)
Publius Curtius Primus son of Publius,
the junior sevir.

Literature:

Tocchetti Pollini U. La produzione scultorea di Angera in eta romana... In: Atti della Giornata di Studio (Angera, 1982), Milano 1983, pp. 157—164.

Credits:

THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

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History of Ancient Rome

A votive monument (so-called “Altar of Angera”).

Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum(Civico museo archeologico di Milano).

Milan, Civic Archaeological Museum
(Civico museo archeologico di Milano).