1977.216.1898: Sepulchral Altar of Lucretia Prima

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

Permissions

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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.

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