Funerary Monument of M. Manneius Amphio

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Funerary Monument of M. Manneius Amphio

1st century CE

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Roman

Unknown

Marble

Overall: 33 × 20 1/2 × 12 inches (83.8 × 52.1 × 30.5 cm)

Stone and Stonecarving

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Gift of Edsel B. Ford

37.178

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Inscribed, on front of monument: DISMANIBVS | M-MANNEI- AMPHIONIS | M-MANNEIVS-ZETHVS | FRATER GEMINO | CARISSIMO | BENE MERENTI | MANNEIA-LAMYR | PATRONO OPTIMOET | DIGNISSIMO | FERCERVNT [translated: To the departed spirits: Marcus Manneius Amphio. Marcus Manneius Zethus, his brother, for his dearest and well-deserving twin, and Manneia Lamyr, for her best and most worthy patron, made (this)].

Provenance

Arturo Grassi

Edsel B. Ford (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1937-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Corpus Inscriptionem Latinarum, vol. 6, no. 21992.

Visona, Paola. Zeitschrift Fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik Band 52 (1983): p. 82-84, pl. III no. 2.

Bodel, John, and Stephen Tracy. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist. Rome, 1997, p. 129 [published by the American Academy in Rome].

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Roman, Funerary Monument of M. Manneius Amphio, 1st century CE, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edsel B. Ford, 37.178.

Funerary Monument of M. Manneius Amphio
Funerary Monument of M. Manneius Amphio