An ancient Roman marble cinerarium, the front carved with two facing griffins between two claw footed tripods holding globes; a central panel inscribed with a funerary dedication, “To the Shades of the Departed, for Marcus Pontius Longinus, son of Marcus, (who) lived 6 years, 6 months, 11 days, 2 hours.”
Ca. 1st century AD.
DIS MANIBM PONTIOM F LONGINOVIX ANN VIM VI D XI H II
Found before 1887 on the Via Trionfale, Rome; French private collection until the 1990s; subsequently in an American private collection.
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