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Gravestone, Roman Period, Bombarral

1999 Replicas and Reproductions

Execution of one polyester resin replica of a limestone gravestone, unframed and with a funerary inscription*, exhumed from the archaeological site of Columbeira in the region of Bombarral, belonging to the epigraphy collection of the National Museum of Archaeology (MNA, Inv. 16215).

* M. CASSIO. M / F TVRRINO. A. V. / AVITA. MATER / F. C. Marco Cassio Turrino filho de outro, de cinco anos de idade, mandou sua mãe fazer este monumento (...son of another, five years old, sent his mother to make this monument).

Acknowledgments Municipality of Bombarral ~ National Museum of Archaeology ~ Division Photographic Documentation / DGPC © ~ MR Dinis dos Santos, Chemical Products

Original limestone tombstone (MNA, Inv. 16215). ©
Polyester resin replica of a limestone tombstone (MNA, Inv. 16215).