page_title: Married couple funerary reliefs
section_title: Lucius Antistius Sarculo and Antistia Plutia
hierarchical_section_title: Married couple funerary reliefs / Lucius Antistius Sarculo and Antistia Plutia
caption_attribution_description: English: Marble funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and his wife Antistia Plutia. Roman, about 30-10 BC. Found in Rome. GR 1858,0819.2 (Sculpture 2275)
context_page_description: Funerary reliefs of married couples were common in Roman funerary art. They are one of the most common funerary portraits found on surviving freedmen reliefs. By the fourth century, a portrait of a couple on a sarcophagus from the empire did not necessarily signify the burial of two spouses but instead demonstrated the importance of the material bond.
context_section_description: This relief originally was part of the funerary monument of Lucius Antistius Sarculo. This relief consists of two figures: a free-born Roman priest of the Salian order, and his wife and freedwoman (former slave) Antisia Plutia.
  The relief is typical of the realistic style with the lined eyes, the hollowed cheeks and the prominent ears of the Antistius, along with other characteristic. Furthermore, the couple’s hairstyles indicate a date towards the end of the first century BC. Antistius' hair is cut close to his head, emphasizing his retreating hairline. Antistia's hair, drawn back into a small bun, with some curls brought forward and a small topknot at the front of the head, follows exactly the hairstyle of the Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE).
caption: Marble funerary relief of Lucius Antistius Sarculo and his wife Antistia Plutia. Roman, about 30–10 BC. Found in Rome. GR 1858,0819.2 (Sculpture 2275)
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