Faceless Names

CHAU CHAK WING MUSEUM EXHIBITION

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NMR.1096

CINERIBVS
ALEXANDRI

Translation

THIS IS FOR THE ASHES
OF ALEXANDER.

Description

Funerary epitaph for Alexander

Italy, AD 1-400, found in the Villa of the Quintili, Rome, Italy, before 1857

acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson from the priest Giuseppe de Criscio in Pozzuoli, Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860

NMR.1096