43. Roman fragment of a plaque, c.1st-3rd century AD
Marble
Height: 20cm, length: 27.5 cm
12549 IVP
Copyright The Artist
£ 7,000
Roman marble fragment from a larger inscription, with a simple raised border on the right and bottom edges, the Latin text in four registers reading: T AE. SVAE ET SQUE....
Roman marble fragment from a larger inscription, with a simple raised border on the right and bottom edges, the Latin text in four registers reading:
T
AE. SVAE ET
SQUE. EORVM
PX
This text is too fragmentary for. full translation, but a few words can be made out:
SVAE ET = suae et meaning “to/for his own (wife or daughter)
”SQUE = likely the enclitic -que attached to a preceding word, meaning “and.”
EORVM = eorum meaning “of them” or “their.”
T
AE. SVAE ET
SQUE. EORVM
PX
This text is too fragmentary for. full translation, but a few words can be made out:
SVAE ET = suae et meaning “to/for his own (wife or daughter)
”SQUE = likely the enclitic -que attached to a preceding word, meaning “and.”
EORVM = eorum meaning “of them” or “their.”
