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Source Description
This marble funeral stele is inscribed. In the right end is a ring, in the left a vase, unfinished. There is a clamp hole in each end near the top. The base and the top do not belong to the stele.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26468
label
Funerary Altar of M. Ogulnius Iustus
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
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pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
26468
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Funerary Altar of M. Ogulnius Iustus
description
This marble funeral stele is inscribed. In the right end is a ring, in the left a vase, unfinished. There is a clamp hole in each end near the top. The base and the top do not belong to the stele.
provenance
First reported by Fabretti in 1699 near the second milestone on the Via Appia, Rome. Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna, Rome, by 1699. Don Marcello Massarenti, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 61]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
stelae
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
113
height
66.5
depth
55.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 44 1/2 x W: 26 3/16 x D: 21 15/16 in. (113 x 66.5 x 55.7 cm); H without base and top: 25 11/16 x W: 10 7/16 x D: 18 in. (65.3 x 26.5 x 45.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
inscriptions
[Inscription] D M / M. OGVLNIO / IVSTO. FILIO / PIENTISSIMO / VIX. ANN. XV. MENS II. D. XXII / M. OGVLNIVS / IVSTVS. PATER / ET. SIBI. FECIT. [CIL VI 23414]
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marble
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
123
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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ec3876954c6f7399