Marble Funerary Altar of Julia Sperata

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This is a marble funerary altar carved with an eleven-line Latin inscription, which translates to, "To the spirits of the departed. Gaius Iulius Sabinianus, had this made for his most pious mother Jula Sperata, for her freedmen and freedwomen, and for their descendants". The pedimental lid is decorated with palmette acroteria in the corners and carved in front with a bird facing an overturned fruit basket. There is a shallow rectangular cavity on top of the altar under the removable lid for insertion of the cinerary urn. The son who produced this monument, Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius Hospes, was a Roman military officer and senator who was appointed consul around AD 175-176. He had a long and distinguished military and political career under the reigns of the emperors Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. More information available here.   Many thanks to Norman Wetzig for the revisions to this object's description.

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Christian Levett and The Mougins Museum
Discover, in the heart of the old village of Mougins, how the beauty of the ancient world has influenced neoclassical, modern and contemporary art. The museum’s large and diverse collection of antiquities includes Roman, Greek and Egyptian sculpture, vases, coins, and jewellery, and also the world’s largest private collection of ancient arms and armour. These ancient artworks are interspersed with a hundred classically inspired paintings, drawings, and sculptures by artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Dufy, Cézanne, Rodin, Dali, Andy Warhol, Marc Quinn, Antony Gormley, and Damien Hirst. The founder of the museum is Christian Levett, a British investment manager with a passion for ancient art. In 2008 he decided to place his collection on display for the benefit of the public in a museum in Mougins, where he has a family home.

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