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Bronze Plaque in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Bronze Plaque in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011
Title: Bronze plaque

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Roman

Period: Late Imperial

Date: ca. A.D. 247

Dimensions: H.: 4 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923

Accession Number: 23.160.50


Description:

The inscription names a senior Vestal Virgin, Flavia Publicia, and may be a grant of exemption to a horse or bull from use in harness for pulling a cart or plough.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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