tombstone
- Museum number
- 1864,0331.5
- Description
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Limestone tombstone of Ulpia Aurelia Valeria, with a inscribed epitaph in latin, a banquet scene, and a border of vines springing from a kalathos (bowl). Ulpia Aurelia Valeria sits on a wicker chair to the right of two adults reclining on couches. She is the same size as the adults, although she died aged three. In contrast the servants appear very small, reflecting the tone of the text, which stresses the family's high social standing.
- Production date
- 275-300 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.13 metres
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Width: 0.91 metres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
- Annee Epigraphique 1978, 0715.
- A.G. Poulter, Dacia 22, 1978, 239-243; fig. 1
- S. Conrad, Die Grabstelen aus Moesia inferior. Untersuchungen zu Chronologie, Typologie und Ikonographie (Leipzig 2004) 165, Nr. 146; Taf. 44, 4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1864,0331.5
