Pyramid di Galo Cestio Col Cimetero del Protestanti
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Pyramid di Galo Cestio Col Cimetero del Protestanti
From the album Rome to Pompeii
ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.8 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 138. PYRAMID DI GALO CESTIO COL CIMETERO DEL
PROTESTANTI
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: B. 250 \ Pyramid of Cestius is the tomb of Caius Cestius who died before B.C. 12 The Egyptian \ pyramidal form was not infrequently adopted by the Romans in the construction of their \ tombs That of Cestius is built of brick and covered with marble blocks: height 116 ft.; \ length of each side of the base 98 ft. Refer further to Baedeker.
PROTESTANTI
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: B. 250 \ Pyramid of Cestius is the tomb of Caius Cestius who died before B.C. 12 The Egyptian \ pyramidal form was not infrequently adopted by the Romans in the construction of their \ tombs That of Cestius is built of brick and covered with marble blocks: height 116 ft.; \ length of each side of the base 98 ft. Refer further to Baedeker.
