Burial Tablet

L-1033-61

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-1033-61
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Imperial Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (uncertain) (Stone) | Limestone (uncertain)
Technique Inscribed
Iconography Inscription
Description

Rectangluar tablet; bottom edge cut on angle. Latin inscription -3 lines- carved on upper half: M MARCIO ADRASTO PATRI OPTIMO = To Marcus Marcius Adrastus, the best of fathers.

Height 32.7 cm
Length 25.2 cm
Depth 2.7 cm

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