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Autun: Gallo-Roman grave stela of an architect
Autun: Gallo-Roman grave stela of architect (Musee Rolin; photo Athena Review 2012)
This
relief (inv.114), found in St. Symphorien church in Autun, shows a man named Gailus
holding a mason's trowel and a set of calipers, identifying him as an
architect or builder. Above is the inscription GAILUS. GETULI. / D.M.,
translated as "Gailus, son of Getulus, to the God of the Underworld."
Abbreviations
are typical on Roman inscriptions; among the most common on funerary
stela are DM, for Dis Manibus, Lord of the Underworld.
This relief is dated from the 1st to 3rd century AD.
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