For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.

Found near Mainz in the River Rhine. Dating 1st century AD.

On dislpay at Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg

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For #TombTuesday and #EpigraphyTuesday, a fragment of a funerary Lekythos (monument in the shape of an oil jar)
4th C. BCE
Art Institute of Chicago 🖼️

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For #TombTuesday and #EpigraphyTuesday, a fragment of a funerary Lekythos (monument in the shape of an oil jar)
4th C. BCE
Art Institute of Chicago 🖼️

#AncientArt #MuseumArchive #glam #GreekRomanArt #greek #ancientgreek

For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.

Found near Mainz in the River Rhine. Dating 1st century AD.

On dislpay at Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg

📷 me

#archaeology #romansarchaeology