1977.216.1901: Funerary Inscription of Sallustia Helpis

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.1901

Title

Funerary Inscription of Sallustia Helpis

Classification

Inscriptions

Work Type

inscription

Date

early 1st century CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287109

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

51 x 23 x 2 cm (20 1/16 x 9 1/16 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Found in the necropolis at the Porta Salaria, Rome, between the Via Salaria and Via Pinciana.
Bought by Clifford Moore in Rome for the Department of the Classics, Harvard, 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

1977.216.1901

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

SALLUSTIA.CRISPI.L.H[ / (left column:) HERMOGENI / VIRO / CHRYSEROTI . F /
(right column:) AMER[ / FILIO / CHIO [

As published in CIL, before break:
SALLUSTIA CRISPI L HELPIS; (left column unaffected); (right column:) AMERIMNO / FILIO / CHIO F

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. 26, p. 9
• John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 52.

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