Aschenkiste des T. Gerillanus Marcellus
1. - 2. Jh. n. Chr.
Only the front of this urn (its lid has not survived) is completely worked; it depicts garlands alternating with the heads of bulls and rams suspended from taenias (headbands or fillets). The inscription flanking the depictions identifies the deceased: Τίτου Γεριλλανοῦ Μαρκέλλου, ζῇ / Ἀπολλώνιος Λέον[το]ς“ (cinerary urn of Titus Gerillanus Marcellus, (erected) during his lifetime. (Donated by) Apollonios, son of Leon”. At some later date a plughole was added bottom right.
Only the front of this urn (its lid has not survived) is completely worked; it depicts garlands alternating with the heads of bulls and rams suspended from taenias (headbands or fillets). The inscription flanking the depictions identifies the deceased: Τίτου Γεριλλανοῦ Μαρκέλλου, ζῇ / Ἀπολλώνιος Λέον[το]ς“ (cinerary urn of Titus Gerillanus Marcellus, (erected) during his lifetime. (Donated by) Apollonios, son of Leon”. At some later date a plughole was added bottom right.
Time:
1. - 2. Jh. n. Chr.
Culture
Römisch
Location of discovery:
Ephesos (Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei)
Material/technology:
Marmor
Dimensions:
H. 28 cm, B. 46 cm, T. 29 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, III 1086
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1914 nachträglich inventarisiert