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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1898
Title
Sepulchral Altar of Lucretia Prima
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
late 1st - early 2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium, Ostia (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286835

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
39 x 30 x 22 cm (15 3/8 x 11 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: D M / LVCRETIAE / PRIMAE / M LVCRETIVS / RESTVTVS . PAT / ET . POMPEIA . PROCLA / MATER / FILIAE . PIENTISSIMAE / FECERVNT / V . A . XI . D . XXVI.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Found at Ostia; formerly in the collection of Cardinal Pacca.
Bought by Clifford Moore in Rome for the Department of the Classics, 1905-1906.
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Purchased in Rome
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.1898
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Clifford Herschel Moore, Latin Inscriptions in the Harvard Collection of Classical Antiquities, Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1909), Vol. 20/pp. 1-14, cat. no. 23, p. 8
  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 53.

Verification Level

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