Slab used to close a child funerary niche (loculus) in a catacombs
Marble. 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 28596.Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian MuseumPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Slab used to close a child funerary niche (loculus) in a catacombs.
Marble. 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. 28596.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius Christian Museum
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Cristiano).
Origin:
From the Christian Lapidary. Found in the Catacombs of St. Hippolytus on the road to Tivoli (via Tiburtina) and transferred by Pope Clement XI to the Cabinet of the Albani family.
Description:
Asellu bene mberenti qui vicxit annu sex mesis octo dies XXVIII
[Asello bene merenti qui vixit annos sex menses octo dies XXVIII]
[Asello bene merenti qui vixit annos sex menses octo dies XXVIII]
To well-deserving Asellus, who lived six years, eight months, and twenty-eight days.
Credits:
Keywords: epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie roman romano romana romani römisch römische romaine gravestone funerary inscriptions epitaph in pietra tombale epitaffio grabstein-inschrift de pierre épitaphe γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό römisches römischen römischer romain romains romaines κηδεία funeral funeraria funerario begräbnisskulptur beerdigung funéraire marble christian child niche loculus loculi asellus apostle saint peter petrus san pietro apostolo latin paul paulus and paolo di tarso christ monogram christogram cristogramma chi rho christusmonogramm the albani collection asellu bene mberenti qui vicxit annu sex mesis octo dies xxviii asello merenti vixit annos menses inv no 28596
