Tomb of Caecilia Metella

unknown (Ancient Roman)

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Rome, Lazio, Italy	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	ca. 50 BCE (creation)	en_US
dc.creator	unknown (Ancient Roman)	en_US
dc.date	-60--50	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-25T17:53:19Z
dc.date.available	2013-02-25T17:53:19Z
dc.date.issued	-60--50	en_US
dc.identifier	196151	en_US
dc.identifier.other	archrefid: 1543	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/103659
dc.description	Detail showing marble travertine cornice; Caecilia Metella , or Caecilia Metella Cretica (fl. 69 BC) was daughter of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, who was consul 69 BC, and a daughter-in-law of Crassus. The tomb is of the type having a cylindrical body set on a square base. This cylinder, faced with travertine marble and crowned with a marble frieze in relief with festoons between bucranes, is 11 metres high and 29.5 metres in diameter. In 1302 the Caetani family incorporated the tomb in their castle (Castrum Caetani) which they equipped with battlements. The fortifications, stretching along both sides of the Via Appia, defended the strategic approach to the city. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/10/2008)	en_US
dc.format.medium	travertine marble	en_US
dc.rights	© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.	en_US
dc.subject	architectural exteriors	en_US
dc.subject	death or burial	en_US
dc.subject	rulers and leaders	en_US
dc.subject	funerary	en_US
dc.subject	Late Republican	en_US
dc.title	Tomb of Caecilia Metella	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Tomba di Cecilia Metella	en_US
dc.type	image	en_US
dc.rights.access	Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only	en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode	1A3-R-R-TC-B2	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Ancient Roman	en_US
vra.technique	construction (assembling) carving (processes)	en_US
vra.worktype	mausoleum	en_US
dc.contributor.display	unknown (Ancient Roman)	en_US