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Funerary stele of gens Pettia

unknownI d.C.

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Funerary pseudoaedicule stele of gens Pettia with wedding scene and marble-cutter’s tools depicted on the base.
The inscription reads: “Sibi Pettia Ge et / C(aio) Pettio C(ai) l(iberto) Pyiladi patro(no) / C(aio) Clodio C(ai) l(iberto) Antiocho marm(orario) / et Pettiae (mulieris) l(ibertae) Speratae / In fro(nte) p(edes) XII / Et Pe(tt)iae (mulieris) l(ibertae) Sice / In agr(o) p(edes) XV” (“Pettia Ge [set this monument up] for herself, for her patron Caius Pettius Pylades, freed by Caius, and for Caius Clodius Antiochus, freed by Caius, marmorarius. And for Pettia Sperata, freed by a woman. And for Pettia Sice, freed by a woman. [The size of the fenced plot is] 12 feet along the road and 15 feet in depth”).

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  • Title: Funerary stele of gens Pettia
  • Creator: unknown
  • Date: I d.C.
  • Location: Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia
  • Photographer: Carlo Vannini
  • Type: Archaeological finding
Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia

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