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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1885
Title
Epitaph of Caecilia Fortunata
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
1st - early-2nd centuries CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287037

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
16 x 29 x 3 cm (6 5/16 x 11 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: epitaph in five lines in Latin,
    Dis Manibus.
    Caeciliae Q. f. Fortuna/tae. Vix(it) ann(is) L.
    Fecit Flavia Restituta
    mam(mae) suae bene mer(enti).

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
1977.216.1885
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. 10, p. 4
  • John Bodel, "Thirteen Latin Funerary Inscriptions at Harvard University", American Journal of Archaeology (1992), Vol. 96.1, 71-100, p. 84-86, no. 5, fig. 6.
  • 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, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Verification Level

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