1977.216.1881: Funerary Inscription of Athictus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.1881

Title

Funerary Inscription of Athictus

Other Titles

Former Title: Tombstone

Classification

Inscriptions

Work Type

inscription

Date

mid-late 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/287398

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Travertine

Dimensions

54 x 45 x 6 cm (21 1/4 x 17 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: epitaph in seven lines in Latin,
  Diis Manib(us).
  Athicto, Threpti
  Sallustiaes Lucan(aes)
  dispesator(is), vicari
  Hermetis f(ilio); vix(it)
  ann(is) III et men(sibus) III,
  diebus III.

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

1977.216.1881

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 6, p. 2
• John Bodel, "Thirteen Latin Funerary Inscriptions at Harvard University", American Journal of Archaeology (1992), Vol. 96.1, 71-100, p. 76-79, no. 1, fig. 2.
• John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), 49.

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