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Type of monument

Explanation

Altar

• Monument in the classical form of an altar, e. g. votive or funerary altar

• also: middle part, corona or crepido of an altar in several parts

• not:
  separately worked inscription slab, which is attached to the middle section (see below Tabula)

Architectural Member

• Part of an architectural structure
  e.g. an architrave, column

• also in the case of floors and walls

• not:
  Block
  Fountain
  Honorific / Grave / Votive Column
  Honorific / Votive Arch
  Grave Monument
  Paving Stone
  Fortification
  Tabula

Tip: a search for mosaics, dipinti and graffiti is possible in the field „Engraving technique“ in the advanced search.

Bar

• Metal bar, commonly with owner/artist inscription or indication of weight, mostly stamped

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Base

• Base that does not carry a statue (but rather e.g. a sculpture or a votive offering)

• not:
  - separately worked inscription tabula, which is attached to the middle section (see below Tabula)
  - a specific plinth designed to be placed in a base (see below Sculpture)
  - low base worked as one piece together with the object on the base (see below Sculpture)
  - in the case of Bust, Herm, Relief (if the relief depiction is predominant)

• cf. on the other hand:
  Sculpture
  Statue Base

Block

• Block formed building stone of a piece of architecture (with a depth of more than ca. 20 cm)

• cf. on the other hand:
  Architectural Member
  Tabula

Bust

• Depiction of head and torso in full sculpture or relief

• cf. on the other hand:
  Base
  Sculpture
  Statue Base

Cippus

• Column, usually cylindrical or cubic, often with crest, e.g. boundary stone of a burial area or a city (boundary Cippus) or
  grave Cippus, also so-called 'stèle en forme de maison'

• cf. on the other hand:
  Stele

Tip: a search for Grave inscription and Boundary inscription is possible in the field „Type of Inscription“ in the advanced search.

Cliff

• Natural cliff containing an inscriptio, also with a dedicated inscription field

Cupa

• Funerary monument, barrel-shaped or half-cylindric design

• cf. on the other hand:
  Sarcophagus

Diptych

• Small inscription consisting of two parallel, hinged inscription tablets, e.g. writing tablets or consular Diptycha

• also Triptychs

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum domesticum
  Tabula
  Military diploma
  Stele (with two parallel inscription fields)
   

Fortification

• City wall or city gate (archway thoroughfare built into the wall)

• cf. on the other hand:
  Honorific / Votive Arch

Fountain

• Part of a ell or Fountain, e.g. well rim, impoundment of a spring or inscription bearer with integrated water outlet

Grave Monument

• Monumental tomb, e.g. Aedicula grave, Columbarium, so-called Igel columns

• not:
  Honorific / Grave / Votive Column

Herm

• Free-standing monument in the form of a pillar with superimposed bust, e.g. as a boundary marker or honorific
  monument (portrait Herm)

• cf. on the other hand:
  Cippus
  Bust
  Stele

• Free standing Column or pillar with Honorific-, Grave- or Votive inscription
   
• cf. on the other hand:
  Architectural Member
  Grave Monument

Honorific / Votive Arch

• Free standing Honorific / Votive Arch

• cf. on the other hand:
  Fortification

Instrumentum domesticum

• Objects of everyday life, also for official use
  e.g amphoras, lead pipes, branding irons, weights, lamps, spoons, furniture fittings, millstones, sundials, weighing scales

• not:
  Diptych
  Jewellery (e.g. seal rings)
  Tessera
  Weapon

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum militare
  Instrumentum sacrum

Instrumentum militare

• Objects from the military milieu that are not offensive weapons,
  e.g. ornamental disc, armour parts, parade armoury

• not:
  Tessera
  Weapon

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum domesticum
  Instrumentum sacrum

Instrumentum sacrum

• Objects from the area of cultic practice
  e.g. cult basin, patera, simpulum, cross

• small sculpted objects (if not Sculpture or a statuette)
  e.g ex voto, votive object in the form of a house

• not:
  Sculpture
  Statue
  Tessera

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum domesticum
  Instrumentum militare

Jewellery

• also: gem, seal ring

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum domesticum

Mile- / Leaguestone

• Free-standing, usually cylindrical, column as road marker, e.g. with statement of distance, mention of repairs or
  honorific inscription

Paving Stone

• Plastering of a street or of a square
   
• cf. on the other hand:
  Architectural Member

Relief

• Relief with an inscription on the frame or in the field of depiction
  e.g. Mithras relief, chest gravestone

• only if the relief depiction is predominant

• cf. on the other hand:
  Base
  Stele

Tip: a search for inscriptions with reliefs is possible by selecting the option "Decoration" or via the field "Commentary" in the
advanced search

Sarcophagus

• Box-shaped stone coffin for the reception of the corpse or the cremated remains, usually consisting of a box-shaped
  lower part and lid
• cf. on the other hand:
  Urn
  Cupa
   

Sculpture

• Non anthropomorphic full sculpture

• also Statuette

• inscription
  - on the Sculpture itself
  - on the specific plinth designed to be placed in a base
  - low base worked as one piece together with the sculpture

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum sacrum
  Statue
  Base

Shield

• Round shield with or without a bust

Slab

• "Tabula" used horizontally for covering (e.g. a fossa)

• cf. on the other hand:
  Tabula

Statue

• Anthropomorphic full sculpture depicting the full figure

• also statuette

• inscription
  - on the statue itself (e.g. on the support of the statue)
  - on the plinth used for placement in a statue base
  - low base worked as one piece together with the Statue

• cf. on the other hand:
  Instrumentum sacrum
  Sculpture
  Statue Base

Statue Base

• Base for a statue

• also: middle part, corona or crepido of a standard statue base

• not:
  - separately worked inscription tabula, which is fixed onto the middle section (see also Tabula)
  - the plinth used specifically for placement in a statue base (see below Statue)
  - low base worked as one piece together with the Statue (see below Statue)

• cf. on the other hand:
  Base

Stele

• tall, rectangular, free standing "Tabula"; usually with an epitaph

• also when accompanied by a relief

• cf. on the other hand:
  Relief
  Tabula
  Cippus

Table

• Table, e.g. containing hollows marked by an inscription for the measurement of units of volume

• also trapezophoroi of tables

Tabula

• tabula which is attached vertically to a monument (e.g. on a base, statue base, altar or entablature of a building)
  (with a depth of up to ca. 20 cm)

• also:
  small tablets such as wax tablets (e.g the so-called tabulae Pompeianae) or bronze tablets (e.g. military diplomas)

• not:
  Diptych

• cf. on the other hand:
  Architectural Member
  Base
  Block
  Slab
  Statue Base
  Stele
  Tessera
   

Tessera

• small pendant or label

• also a votive tablet

• cf. on the other hand:
  instrumentum domesticum
  instrumentum militare
  instrumentum sacrum

Tip: a search for Defixiones and Military diplomas is possible in the field „Type of Inscription“ in the advanced search.

Tile

• Building material made from burnt clay, mostly with stamped or scratched owner/artist inscription

Urn

• a less than life-size like vessel for human remains

• also: urn, ossuarium

Weapon

• Offensive weapon, e.g. dagger, sword, glans plumbea

• cf. on the other hand:
  instrumentum militare