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Funerary Altar of M. Ogulnius Iustus
(Roman Empire )
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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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.
Exhibitions
| 1993-1994 | Medieval Writing and Calligraphy. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/5/1992 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Roman Empire
(Place of Origin)
Italy, Roman Empire, Rome (Place of Discovery)
Measurements
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)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.16