Subject
Bearded head belonging to an artifact, later used as building stone.

Accession number 22.M322-2.179.
White marble, relief sculpture with engraving.
Preserved max. height cm 38.5; min. depth cm 3.5 – max. cm 5. Letters cm 2.7 – 2.9.
Incomplete and fragmentary.
Last quarter of 3rd cent. A.D.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
Dario Canino, Testa barbata in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 365-366.

Subject
Fragment of funerary torch; only the terminal part is preserved.

Accession number 277545
White Carrara marble.
Height cm 40; max. diameter cm 14.5.
Without the support body. Surface washed away and worn. Chipping along the margins.
Imperial age.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
D. Bonanome, Frammento di fiaccola funeraria in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 336-337.

Subject
Pseudo-architectural urn with decoration depicting a squared pseudo-work.

Accession number 22.M322-2.222.
White marble.
Max . height cm 22; width cm 26; depth cm 24.2.
Severely damaged on the front and the left side. Without its lid.
End of 2nd cent. A.D.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
D. Bonanome, Urna pseudo-architettonica frammentaria in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 332-333.

Subject
Left end of lenos sarcophagus with winged genius in three quarter pose.

Accession number 22.M322-2.219.
White fine-grained marble, very bright; sculptural technique.
Height cm 42; max. width cm 24; max. depth cm 14.5; top depth cm 12.
The fragment is irregularly broken on its sides; on the genius’ face there is a large chip and the tip of the nose is broken.
260-280 A.D.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
A. Ambrogi, Frammento di sarcofago a lenos con genio alato in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 328-329.

Subject
Fragment of relief with female portrait head turned three quarter to the left.

Accession number 22.M322-2.215.
White fine-grained marble; sculptural technique.
Height cm 28.5; base width cm 19.5; depth cm 9.
Very washed away and damaged surface; the relief is hardly legible.
Half of 1st cent. A.D.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
A. Ambrogi, Frammento di rilievo con testa-ritratto femminile in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 318-319.

Subject
Fragmentary Corinthian capital

Accession number 582027
Docimium marble; chiseling.
Height cm 51; width cm 43; depth cm 30.
Fragmentary.
Second half of 2nd cent. – first half of 3rd cent. A.D.

Provenance
Excavation of the large exedra-theatre of Villa dei Quintili

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
F.R. Paolillo, Capitello corinzio frammentario in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 434-435.

Subject
Fragment of fresco painting characterized by a green perspectival meander.

Accession number 552526
Fresco painting.
Max height cm 50.3; max width cm 35; depth cm 10.
Single fragment in good state of preservation.
Hadrian Age – 2nd cent. A.D.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica.

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà).

References
N. Fagiani, Frammento di affresco con meandro in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 432-433.

Subject
Right male foot wearing a sandal on a low plinth.

Accession number 121029
White fine-grained marble; chiseled.
Max height cm 29; max width cm 14; depth cm 22.
Fragmentary.
1st – 2nd cent. A.D.

Provenance
Villa dei Quintili

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
Dario Canino, Piede con sandalo su plinto in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 431-432.

Subject
Male portrait head very washed away, slightly turned to the right.

Accession number 22.M322-2.214
White marble with very bright red veins (Greek insular); sculptural technique.
Height cm 30; head (from the top to the chin) height cm 22; width max cm 19; neck diameter cm 15.
Poor condition: the surface is completely washed away. The back has been cut longways behind the ears and there is a quadrangular hole on the right top. The base of the neck has been cut.
First Julio- Claudian age.

Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica.

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)

Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)

References
A. Ambrogi, Testa-ritratto maschile in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 317-318.