Epistulae, 5.11.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
2nd century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Pliny the Younger See all items with this value
Reference
Epistulae, 5.11.1
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Recepi litteras tuas ex quibus cognovi speciosissimam te porticum sub tuo filiique tui nomine dedicasse, sequenti die in portarum ornatum pecuniam promisisse, ut initium novae liberalitatis esset consummatio prioris.
Part of Speech
Supine See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Public Space See all items with this value
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Doors of the portico dedicated in the name of Calpurnius Fabatus, Comum, Italy
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals See all items with this value
Visual Work: Carving See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Not specified: Gold? Bronze? Ivory? Carving? Figural and/or non-figural relief sculpture?
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Calpurnius Fabatus, grandfather of the wife of Pliny the Younger
Item Identifier
A00296
Determination
Interpreted from context
Item sets
1st century CE
Pliny the Younger
2nd century CE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element
Public Space
Material
Precious Metals
Carving/ Engraving