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The Townley Gallery (1836)

British Museum, Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · London : C. Knight · leaf 246

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arthenware, let into excavations of the wall within an arch, in the same manner in which such vessels were usually placed in the Roman columbaria, containing the ashes of do- mestic servants, or people of an inferior order ; the lids only, which are moveable, being seen. Ah inscription in front… … to his most excellent friend Pompeius Justinianus. The lid is modern. Height, ten inches.

Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · British Museum · Sculpture, Classical

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