Urn of Titus Valerius Sardonychus with Endymion and Selene (11)

Found in the Area Sacra dei Templi Repubblicani (I,XV).
Date: first half of the third century AD. H. 0.24, diam. 0.29.
To the left of the inscription are Selene, Hypnos and Endymion, to the right is a shepherd with his flock of sheep and a dog. The urn was taken care of by the sister of the deceased, together with a man (Ostesia and Ostesius are to be understood as Ostiensia and Ostiensius).

D(is) M(anibus) T(ito) VALERIO SARDONYC HI OSTESIA EVPLOEA FRA TRI DVLCIS SIMO ET L(ucius) OS TESIVS PAV LINVS F(e)C(e)R(unt) BE(ne) M(erenti)

Arachne 1074129. Sinn 1987, 264 nr. 707. EDR182852. Photos: Arachne.