A Roman Marble Cinerary Urn inscribed for Gellia Aphia, 1st Century A.D. the front carved in relief with a fruit-laden garland hanging from two ram's heads in the corners, an eagle with wings outspread beneath each head, a gorgoneion in the lunette, and an erote riding a dolphin below the garland, the central panel engraved with seven lines of Latin inscription: Q(uintus) Gellius /Crestus / Gelliae / Aphiae / l(ibertae) suae / carissimae. / Vixit a(nnos) XVIIII ("quintus Gellius Crestus [had this made] for Gellia Aphia, his most beloved freedwoman. She lived nineteen years"); the lid (not belonging) carved in the pediment with an eagle and a serpent; one palmette acroterion formerly restored. 52.5 by 34.5 by 31 cm.; lid 29 by 29.5 by 8.5 cm.
A Roman Marble Cinerary Urn inscribed for Gellia Aphia, 1st Century A.D. the front carved in relief with a fruit-laden garland hanging from two ram's heads in the corners, an eagle with wings outspread beneath each head, a gorgoneion in the lunette, and an erote riding a dolphin below the garland, the central panel engraved with seven lines of Latin inscription: Q(uintus) Gellius /Crestus / Gelliae / Aphiae / l(ibertae) suae / carissimae. / Vixit a(nnos) XVIIII ("quintus Gellius Crestus [had this made] for Gellia Aphia, his most beloved freedwoman. She lived nineteen years"); the lid (not belonging) carved in the pediment with an eagle and a serpent; one palmette acroterion formerly restored. 52.5 by 34.5 by 31 cm.; lid 29 by 29.5 by 8.5 cm.
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