Marble cinerary urn with an inscribed dedication that reads: Dis Manibus / Boviae L(uci) f(iliae) Pr
Marble cinerary urn with an inscribed dedication that reads: Dis Manibus / Boviae L(uci) f(iliae) Proculae / matri miserrim(ae), meaning “To the gods of the underworld. [Dedicated to] Bovia Procula, daughter of Lucius, a most unfortunate mother”.Beneath the tablet is an amphora, from which two ivy branches issue, covering the body of the vase. Birds peck at the ivy berries.1st - 2nd century A.D., probably found in Puteoli (Pozzuoli, Italy)© Trustees of the British Museum, London -- source link
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