Marble cinerary chest with lid, Imperial, Flavian or Trajanic, ca. A.D. 90–110, Roman, Marble, H. with cover 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The Latin inscription reads: 'To the spirits of the dead. M. Domitius Primigenius made [this] for himself, his freedmen and freedwomen, and their descendants.' Above is a scene in which the deceased, standing on a pedestal, making an offering to a female figure, perhaps Tellus (mother earth), who reclines on a couch bedecked with flowers
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Marble cinerary chest, lid, Imperial, Flavian, Trajanic, ca, .D, 90–110, Roman, Marble, H, cover, 21 3/8, 54.3 cm, Stone Sculpture, Latin, inscription, reads, spirits, dead, M, Domitius Primigenius, freedmen, freedwomen, descendants, scene, deceased, standing, pedestal, offering, female figure, perhaps Tellus, mother earth, reclines, couch bedecked, flowers
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