Burial Tablet
L-1033-22
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-1033-22 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Imperial Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique | Inscribed |
| Iconography | Inscription |
| Description | Rectangular tablet. Inscribed trapazoid in each corner with drilled holes in between containing remains of iron nails and orange discoloration around nails. Two Latin inscriptions separated by vertical bar: L TVCCIVS DIODOTAE L PRIMVS PATRONVS TVCCIA L L OLYMP V A XIX. Translation: Lucius Tuccius Primus, freedman of Diodota (lies here.) The patron (put up this monument.) Tuccia Olympias, freedwoman of Lucius (Tuccius) (lies here.) She lived 19 years. |
| Height | 17.2 cm |
| Length | 36 cm |
| Depth | 2.9 cm |
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