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[Roman marble funerary plaque]
A tablet of marble engraved with five lines within a double-rule border, commemorating the dedication of a funerary urn to Quirina Felicula, who had been born a slave and was freed by her mistress. The plaque reads, in full: "Quiriniae [mulieris] l[ibertae] / Feliclae / ollam dat / C[aius] Valerius / Pylodamus", that is to say: "Gaius Valerius Pylodamus (= Philodamus?) dedicated this burial urn for the freedwoman Quirinia Felicla (= Felicula)".
Latin inscription on marble, 130 x 175 x 20 mm. Set within a heavy metal presentation pedestal. Traces of former mounting on reverse. In excellent condition.
Provenance: said to have been found in the Vigna San Cesareo, later absorbed into the gardens of the Collegio Clementino, Rome, 1733-35. Later owned by Francesco Ficoroni (1664-1747), Rome, ca. 1733-35; William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704-93), Parkstead House, Roehampton; William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale (1787-1872), Lowther Castle, Lowther, Penrith. Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 29 June 1970, 172-176; Folio Fine Art Ltd., London, 1970.
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