Seal, Caius Valerius Avitus, Els Munts-Tarragona

Distance:
Load transparent model
Country

Spain

Region

Catalonia

Site

Tarragona Archaeological Museum

Age

Antiquity

Catalog number

MNAT45427

Internal ID

tarraco_sello

Digitization date

9/12/2019

Photos / scans number

442

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

Sigma 35 mm 1.4

Lighting

Light box

Personal seal of Caius Valerius Avitus from the site of Els Munts (Tarragona, Spain). Discovered in the Roman villa of Els Munts. It specifies the owner, Caius Valerius Avitus, the villa´s master, in the 2nd century AD. Originally from Augustobriga (present-day Muro de Ágreda), he was transferred by the emperor Antoninus Pius to Tarraco, where held the post of duumvir of the town.

441 photos completely processed in Reality Capture. The project was done with the support of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona and the Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural. Catalog No. MNAT

Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (2019): Tarraco: Exposición de síntesis. Generalitat de Catalunya Publicacions.