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English: Urn for the ashes of Tiberius Claudius Chryseros and two females: Iulia Theonoes and Claudia Dorcas, probably his wife and daughter. The reliefs on the side depict Ammon with garlands of fruit, underlining the sacral nature of the object.
CIL VI 5318: Dis Manib(us)/ Ti(beri) Claudi Aug(usti) l(iberti)/ Chryserotis/ et Iuliae Theo/noes et Claudiae / Dorcadis
Deutsch: Marmorurne des Tiberius Claudius Chryseros, eines Freigelassenen des Kaisers Claudius oder Nero (Inschrift: CIL VI, 05318 ), gefunden 1852 in einem Grab an der Via Appia.
Rom, Museo Nazionale Romano,
Datierung: frühflavisch
Friederike Sinn: Stadtrömische Marmorurnen, Mainz 1987, Kat. 204
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Author Kleuske
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Cinerary urn for the freedman Tiberius Claudius Chryseros and two women, probably his wife and daughter

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