| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Title: | Cinerary Urn |
| Summary: | Cinerary urn with vegetal ornament |
| Object Function: | Funerary |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Relief-decorated vessel |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Date: | exact 69 AD - exact 98 AD |
| Dimensions: | H 0.396 m; W 0.41 m; D 0.311 m |
| Period: | Flavian |
Subject Description: This inscribed urn is decorated with rich vines. The funerary inscription lies within a rectangular framed panel on the front of the urn. The top of the lid is decorated with an acanthus. Bolsters with vegetal carvings decorate the sides of the peaked lid. On the triangular zone at one end of the lid are two griffins with snaky bodies that flank a central trident (?).
Condition: Intact
Material Description: Marble probably from Carrara
Inscription: In Latin: Aulus Folius Felix [placed this here] for himself and Manlia Optata, his wife.