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Funeral altar of Quarta, early 2nd century CE, Rome, Marble.
White marble cippe. The crown of the altar has a crown and band decoration, on the sides, an urceus (libation jug) and a hook. Lettering: D (is) M (anibus). Quatae coniugi optimae Tychicus. 'To the gods manes. For Quarta his excellent wife, Tychicus (raised this monument) '. The wife of the slave Tychicus, also of servile condition, has a name which indicates the order of birth or rather of acquisition by her master (“the fourth”).
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium).
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