Title
Funerary stele with woman and child
Date
100 BCE-100 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Collection: McCorkill loan
Type
inscriptions
Format
Materials/Techniques: Marble
Measurements: 26.5 cm tall, 25.1 cm wide, 5.8 cm deep
Description
This funerary stele depicts a female figure supporting a small child, possibly a girl, on a draped bed. The child is toward the middle of the image, sitting on or beside the woman. The bed has two supporting legs which are visible, which have decorative markings, and the draping of the bed is visible through a series of curved lines drawn underneath the bed. The stele has a Latin inscription along the bottom which has been translated as: “Antonia, daughter of Alipius, farewell.” The engraved image is set deeper into the stone, with an arch formed above it.
Subject
grave markers; women; children
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: L.05.02.08
Record: UO-MCA-L-05-02-08
Source
Cataloguer: Vera Hadzic, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Georgian Parkes, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2024-02-06
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee