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Macaw of the scribes
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Macaw of the scribes
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Cinerary macaw with a parallelepiped shape and very slender proportions: although worked in a single block, it is imagined as structurally composed of two superimposed elements of different function, the upper of a cinerary, the lower of a sepulchral altar. On the two sides of the altar there is a symposium scene, which alludes to beyond worldly happiness. In the lower part of the monument there are two scenes depicting the professional activity of the deceased: in the center of a sort of predella there is a small table with turned legs on which a stack of large writing tabulae is arranged. Two inscriptions are engraved on the front of the altar-cinerary; one on the body of the altar, the other on the lid. They refer to two brothers Q. Fulvius Priscus and Q. Fulvius Faustus united by the same profession: the two characters were both scribes in the service of the Curuli edifices, of senatorial rank. The monument was probably commissioned by his father Q. Fulvius Eunus. Belonging to the category of apparitores, assistants to the principal magistrates, the scribes performed the duties of secretaries in charge of administrative functions; mainly freedmen, but often also equestrian, the scribes had an easy access to higher social positions thanks to the privileged contact with men of power. As for the dating, thanks to stylistic-antiquarian elements, it is possible to place it between 25 and 50 AD.

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