![]() ![]() Some of the inscriptions also include statements giving details about the wearer and the master, occasionally even offering a reward. These collars (riveted so not easily removed) were used to deter enslaved people from escaping and to help with their recapture, should they try. The words on this tag, and others, are variations of ' tene me et revoca me' (hold me and return me), with instructions on how to return the fugitive. The object is part of a series of inscribed collars, with or without tags, found in both Italy, particularly in Rome and North Africa. Hold me, lest I flee, and return me to my master Viventius on the estate of Callistus Tene me ne fugia(m) et revoca me ad dom(i)num Viventium in ar(e)a Callisti Attached to a metal collar, an enslaved person was forced to wear it. ![]() Found in Rome and dated to the 4th century AD, it's a tag for a human. Although seemingly just a small inscribed plate (5.8 cm in diameter), this object tells a dark and troubling story from the heart of the Roman empire. ![]()
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