Funerary relief Vettia Hospita and Lucius Vettius Alexander

Funerary relief made by Vettia Hospita for her husband Lucius Vettius Alexander and her daughter Vettia Polla. The monument represents Vettius and his wife in the act of the dextrarum iunctio. Behind them there are two smaller busts. In Rome, the joining of the right hands of two parties, known as dextrarum iunctio, was a flexible motif with several connotations. Besides the themes of meeting and parting, the handclasp signified harmony, affinity, friendship, and loyalty (Tac. Hist. 1.54.1, 2.8.2). As the right hand was consecrated to the deity of fidelity, in scenes of a political nature the handclasp represented political concord at the conclusion of a contract.这件丧葬浮雕（funerary relief）由维蒂娅·霍斯皮塔（Vettia Hospita）为其丈夫卢修斯·维蒂乌斯·亚历山大（Lucius Vettius Alexander）与女儿维蒂娅·波拉（Vettia Polla）制作。该纪念碑刻画了维蒂乌斯与其妻子正进行右手结契仪式（dextrarum iunctio）的场景。二人身后设有两尊尺寸较小的胸像。在古罗马，双方右手相握的仪式即右手结契仪式（dextrarum iunctio），是一种具备多重内涵的灵活构图母题。除涵盖相聚与别离的主题外，握手动作还象征着和谐、亲密、友谊与忠诚（塔西佗《历史》1.54.1、2.8.2）。由于右手被献予诚信之神，因此在政治题材场景中，握手象征着契约缔结时的政治和解。