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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1884
Title
Funerary Inscription of M. Baebius Celer, Sailor in the Misene Fleet
Other Titles
Former Title: Sepulchral Inscription
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
late 1st-early 2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287036

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Dimensions
30 x 41 x 3 cm (11 13/16 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: epitaph in ten lines in Latin,
    M. Baebio Ce/leri qui et Bato
    Dazantis f(ilius), Delma(tae),
    mil(iti) ex cl(asse) pr(aetoria) Mis(enensi), (centuria) Vi/bi Maximi. Vixit ann(is)
    XL, milit(avit) ann(is) XVIIII.
    Fulvia Basilia coniu/gi b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit) et libertis
    libertabus posteri(s)/que eorum omnib(us).

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
1977.216.1884
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. 9, p. 3
  • John Bodel, "Thirteen Latin Funerary Inscriptions at Harvard University", American Journal of Archaeology (1992), Vol. 96.1, 71-100, p. 82-84, no. 4, fig. 5.
  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 50.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/13/2015

Verification Level

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