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Funerary Altar of M. Ogulnius Iustus

Roman (Artist)
1st century CE (Roman Imperial)
marble
(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

[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]

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
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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.

23.16

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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