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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1891
Title
Epitaph of Felix
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
late 1st - 2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287170

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Dimensions
36 x 26 x 4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 9/16 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
1977.216.1891
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
DIS MAN / FELICI BENE MER / FILIO VIX / ANN IIII DIEB XXXXVIIII / AGATHEMER PATER ET / FLAVIA LAETA MATER / FILIO PIISSIMO
"To the *manes* (spirits of the dead) of Felix, their well-deserving son, who lived 4 years 49 days; Agathemer his father and Flavia Laeta his mother (made this) for their most pious son."

Publication History

  • Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI (1902), no. 35242.
  • 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. 16, p. 6
  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 51.

Verification Level

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