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| Keywords: Roman - Figure of a Man - Walters 71304.jpg The figure of a man consul sits beneath a low arch with brickwork between two columns with stylized Corinthian capitals He is bareheaded wears a tunic and pallium and holds in his hand what appears to be a crested diptych The back is recessed to receive wax for inscriptions This piece has been roughly incised with irregular lines and bears several inscriptions in ink The plaque has been cut down at the top where there is no surround on the reverse It is broken in a jagged line across the bottom and is missing the right upper corner There is one hole and half of a second hole on the right side for hinging showing that it is the rear leaf of a diptych One inscription reads in 6th-century uncial MARCELLIN US MARTYR probably referring to the priest Marcellinus of the 4th century Other writing in Merovingian minuscule shows its continued use for comemorations in a church There is a question of its being a consular diptych since the man has no symbols of office but holds a diptych which is unusual When complete this piece may have had an inscribed band with the name above the figure and perhaps a shaped terminal at the top Because the man appears from the drapery on his left side to be seated the plaque may have had a scene below his feet between 460 470 ivory cm 10 2 8 5 accession number 71 304 38128 New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 Inscription in 6th-century uncial MARCELLIN US MARTYR Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 The Carver's Art Medieval Sculpture in Ivory Bone and Horn Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum New Brunswick 1989 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
