A Roman Marble Cinerary Urn inscribed to Julia Sabbathis, circa late 1st Century A.D.

of semi-circular form, the front corners each finely carved in shallow relief with a head of Zeus-Ammon above twin cornucopiae, a dolphin with upward-pointing tail on each of the short sides, the rectangular framed panel inscribed with two lines of Latin inscription, Iuliae S[ervae] Sabbathidis, "of Julia Sabbathis, slave."

said to have been found in Albano
with a gallery in Rome, Via Frattina, no. 118, prior to 1895
American private collection, Southampton, New York, probably acquired more than 50 years ago

E. Bormann, G. Henzen, and Chr. Huelsen, eds., Inscriptiones Urbis Romae Latinae, Parts tertia: Tituli sepulcrales: Claudius-Plotius (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. VI), 1886, no. 20662 (= CIL VI 20662)
Wilhelm Schulze, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen, vol. 33, new series, vol. 13, 1895, p. 378
Heikki Solin, "Juden und Syrer in der römischen Welt," in W. Haase and H. Temporini, eds., Aufstieg und Niedergang der romischen Welt, vol. II.29.2, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, p. 681

As shown, note chips to upper edge above head of Zeus Ammon on the left , to upper left corner of framed panel, larger chip to bottom of lower left corner and smaller ones along lower edge and right corner, there is a deep but inconspicuous loss on the lower edge of curved end around right side, chip on side of upper edge on interior in back, surface well preserved, some areas encrusted, in particular upper half of left side panel.
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