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Sandstone funeral stele

Alba, Mazzini street (Mall area, 1992)

Early I century AC

Wife and husband’s epitaph. He is a libertus and he owns a Phoenician or Iberian cognomen, Beliabeus, and a patronymic, Attiolenus, typical of central Italy, probably the residence of his owners. Her cognomen is Hispanic, Allia, and the patronymic is attested in Bene Vagienna. The decorations suggest Celtic cults

 

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Sandstone funeral stele

Rodello, hamlet Cascina Nuova (1910)

First half part of the I century AC

Dedication offered by an unknown person to Quintus Caninus, a common name in the ancient Liguria, who belonged to the Camilia tribus

 

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Funerary inscription on marble slab

Alba

Early I century AC

A slab which belonged to a sepulchre of a family composed by the husband, the wife and the son, who is the one who dedicated this monument. The patronymic of the father and his son is Geminus and it represents the only one case in Alba Pompeia; indeed, the one of the mother – Vibia – was very common in the ancient Liguria

 

4

Funeral inscription on a marble slab

Alba

Early I century AC

The fragment shows probably the cognomen Praesens which is attested also in an inscription from Augusta Taurinorum (Turin)

 

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Inscription on a marble slab

Alba

Early I century AC

The few letters preserved don’t let possible to understand the original destination of the inscription