File:Tombstone of Julia Velva YORYM 1998 25.jpg
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Photographed by: York Museums Trust Staff |
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Carved stone head |
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Relief with Julia Velva on couch with young girl, boy servant and Aurelius Mercurialis above inscription. Described in Eboracum as "Tombstone of gritstone, rectangular, 3ft ins by 4ft 9ins. An architectural frame encloses a round-headed niche in which is a relief of a funeral feast; in the spandrels are pine-cones. Below the relief is Julia Velva, whose head, with hair parted in the middle, and torso are alone visible, reclining on a couch and propping her head on her left arm, which rests on a cusion. She holds a wine jar in her right hand. The couch has a very thick matress, high sides and legs nobbed at the top but otherwise plain. In front of the couch, left to right, are shown a young girl seated on a basket chair and clasping a pet bird, a three-legged table on which are dishes are food, a boy standing with his right hand on the table and holding a jug in his left, while Aurelius Mercurialis, beared, stands in front of a larger table with claw feet, and holds a scroll in his right hand. Found in 1922, in making Abermarle Road, 15 yds from The Mount. |
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Date | 44-410 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Carved gritstone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q2086562 |
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Object history | Found in 1922, in making Abermarle Road, 15 yds from The Mount. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibition history | On display at the w:Yorkshire Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Image courtesy of York Museums Trust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | D(IS) M(ANIBVS) IVLIE VELVE PIENTISSI ME VIXIT AN(NOS) L AVREL(IVS) MERVRIALIS HER(ES) FACI VNDVM CVRAVIT VIVVS SIBI ET SVIS FECIT "To the spirits of the departed and to Julia Velva. She lived 50 years, most dutifully. Auelius Mercurialis, her heir, had (this tombstone) made. He made it while alive for himself and his family."" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 1 - Eburacum, Roman York (1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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File change date and time | 11:34, 5 May 2004 |
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