Harvard Art Museums > 1977.216.1887: Funeral stele of M. Cocceius Alcimus, Imperial Freedman Inscriptions Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Funeral stele of M. Cocceius Alcimus, Imperial Freedman , 1977.216.1887,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 23, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/287437. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1977.216.1887 Title Funeral stele of M. Cocceius Alcimus, Imperial Freedman Classification Inscriptions Work Type inscription Date 1st half of the 2nd century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium) Period Roman Imperial period, Middle Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287437 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Technique Carved Dimensions 68 x 22 x 7 cm (26 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: epitaph in seven lines in Latin, D . M M . COCCEI O ALCIMO AVG. LIB . COCCEIA LO LIA FECIT PATR ONO SVO BE NEMERENTI [Transliteration:D(is) M(anibus). Cocceio Alcimo Aug(usti) lib(erto) Cocceia Lolia fecit patrono suo bene merenti.] [Translation: To the Divine Shades. For Cocceius Alcimus, freedman of Augustus, Cocceia Lolia made (this) for her well deserving patron.] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Found in the necropolis between the Via Salaria and Via Pinciana, Rome. Bought by Clifford Moore in Rome for the Department of the Classics, 1905-1906. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number 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 1977.216.1887 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description "To the *manes* (spirits of the dead), to Marcus Cocceius Alcimus, imperial freedman. Cocceia Lolia made (this) for her well-deserving patron." Publication History Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI (1902), no. 34978. 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. 12, p. 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, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
