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Commemorative slab, 1st c. A.D., Merida, Spain

2017 Replicas and Reproductions

Execution of an acrylic resin replica of a commemorative slab made of white marble from Estremoz (1st c. A.D., Roman Period), from the collection of the National Museum of Roman Art (Merida - Spain), shaped rectangular, with a frame and an epigraph field with this inscription*.

* Atimeto medic(o) / M(arci) Iuli Rufini ser(vo) / Nothus discens / C(al) Hei Primi ser(vus) {To Atimetas, doctor, slave of Marcus Iulis Rufinis, Nothus, his disciple, slave of Caius Heius Primus (ordered the execution)}

Acknowledgements The Museum of Lisboa - Roman Theatre ~ National Museum of Roman Art (Mérida) ~ EGEAC, Equipment Management and Cultural Animation ~ MR Dinis dos Santos, Industrial Chemical Products

Original (detail) of the commemorative slab
Replica (detail) of the commemorative slab
Preparation of the original slab for silicone mould execution.
Replica of the commemorative slab