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Roman

Cinerary Urn, 1st century CE

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Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Roman

Title

Cinerary Urn

Year

1st century CE

Medium

Marble

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • white marble

Dimensions

35.6 x 31.1 x 29.8 cm (14 x 12 5/16 x 11 11/16 inches) A

Signature / Inscription / Marks

DIS MANIB ANTONIA SATVRNINA FECITCONIVGI SVO DELICATO - SER - CAES ITEM - M - ANTONIVS FILIVS - FECIT - PATRI SVO - BENEMERENTI

Place

Rome

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.083

Projects & Publications

Publications

Classical Sculpture

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rethinking the Romans

April 6, 2001 - January 2, 2009

At the time this piece was made, cremation was the favored form of burial for all Roman social classes. Marble cinerary urns with carved decoration were quite popular in the first century AD as containers for the ashes of the deceased. This urn takes the form of a miniature temple decorated with vegetal motifs and implements used for the burial ritual, such as a bowl for a liquid offering (patera) and a funerary wreath. The Latin inscription reads: “To the Shades of the Dead. Anotonia Saturnina made [commissioned] this for her husband Delicatus, imperial slave, and Marcus Anotninus his son made it for his well-deserving father.”

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Weiss Ancient Art Gallery

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