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| Name: |
Funerary
Stele of Regina |
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| Description: |
From
South Shields (Arbeia), South Shields Museum. H. 1.06m. Regina seated
on a high-backed chair within a typical Palmyrene setting. She wears
a long-sleeved tunic and cloak, necklace and bracelet. Her left hand
rests on a locked casket, and at her right is a basket of wool. A
distaff is in her right hand, resting in her lap. The casket, wool
basket and distaff are typical accoutrements of a Palmyrene woman
on grave stelai. Inscription: D(is) M(anibus) Regina liberta et coniuge
(sic) Barates Palmyrenus natione Catuallauna an(norum) XXX. ('In memory
of Regina, his freedwoman and wife, of the tribe Catevallaunian, aged
30, Barates of Palmyra'.) |
| Date: |
Third century
A.D. |
| Discussion: |
Probably
the work of a Palmyrene sculptor, which would account not only for
the style of the stele but also for the slightly shaky grasp of Latin.
Barates' own stele was also discovered; he was standard maker for
the legion stationed at Arbeia at that time. See Toynbee 1962: no.
87, p. 160, pl. 85. |
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