Object type
stele
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
marble
Technique
sculpting
Production date
250 / 275
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Procedència desconeguda
Township
Egipte (Àfrica)
Dimensions
120,5 x 58 x 16,5 cm
Description
Stela dedicated to Aurelius Firmianus (a legionnaire). It is rectangular, topped with a triangular pediment whose axis has a pinea. The deceased in military dress is between plain-shafted side columns. There are outstanding items (clothing, gladius and diploma) and physical characteristics represented (marked pupils, big ears, short hair and beard worked with trephine). At the bottom of the stea the inscription is arranged in three lines.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2469