#a.d. 193

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~ Latin Inscription.

Date: A.D. 193–211

Culture:  Syrian, Dura-Europos

Period:  Roman

Medium: Ink on gypsum

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~ Portrait of Julia Domna.

Period: Late Imperial period

Date: A.D. 193-210

Medium: Marble

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~ Statue of Athena. Date: Roman work (A.D. 193—235 ?) after a Greek model of the 3rd century B.C. Extensive restoration and additions by Ferdinando Lisandroni, 1779. Medium: Marble

Provenance: Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Octagonal Court, Cabinet of Canova (Perseus), 7 (Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Cortile Ottagono, Gabinetto del Canova (Perseo), 7)

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~ Marble statue of the emperor Septimius Severus. Date: A.D. 193-200 Place of origin: Alexandria Period/culture: Roman Medium: marble

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~ Marble inscription with damnatio memoriae of Geta, son of Septimius Severus. Date: A.D. 193-211 Place of origin: Rome Medium: Marble

• Description (from the source): Marble votive inscription dedicated by Antonius, a libertus or freed slave. It commemorates the safe return of the emperor Septimius Severus (reigned 193-211), his wife Julia Domna and their children Caracalla and Geta. The names of Geta and Plautilla (Caracalla’s wife) were erased after Geta’s murder and Plautilla’s execution following her implication in plots against Caracalla

• Translation: To Fortuna, Protectress of the Emperors, Antonius, freedman and imperial secretary for petitions, dedicates this as a gift, from a vow made, for the wellbeing and (safe) return of our emperors Severus Pius [i.e. Septimius Severus] and Antoninus Pius [i.e. Caracalla] [erased: and prince Geta] and the empress Julia [i.e. Julia Domna], mother of the emperors (erased: and empress Plautilla).

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~ Julia Domna. Date: A.D. 193-210 Medium: Marble Provenance: Vienna, Museum of Art History (Kunsthistorisches Museum)