File:Funerary inscription of Glaukias (Mus d'Hist de Marseille).jpg

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Detail of the funerary altar of Glaukias, with a Greek inscription in verse, from Marseille.

Below the inscription (not shown) is a relief of two cornucopiae with trailing ribbons; on the left side is a skyphos and a krater with garlands; on the back, a ship.
Date Roman, 2nd century A.D. (Decourt)
Medium limestone
Dimensions height: 155.5 cm (61.2 in); width: 53 cm (20.8 in); depth: 47 cm (18.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,155.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,53U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,47U174728
Musée d'Histoire de Marseille
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Borély 1624/4111
Place of discovery Marseille, Abbey de Saint-Victor. Discovered during the demolition of an annex on the north side of the abbey in 1799.
Object history Cut for later reuse as a sarcophagus.
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