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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1903
Title
Tombstone with Inscription
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286857

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
54 x 22 x 3.5 cm (21 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1977.216.1903
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tall marble slab with inscription and relief of a man reclining on a couch offering something to a bird.

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. 28, p. 10
  • John Bodel, "Thirteen Latin Funerary Inscriptions at Harvard University", American Journal of Archaeology (1992), Vol. 96.1, 71-100, p. 92-93, no. 10, fig. 11.
  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 52.

Exhibition History

  • Roman Gallery Installation (long-term), Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/1999 - 01/20/2008

Verification Level

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