1977.216.1887: Funeral stele of M. Cocceius Alcimus, Imperial Freedman

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

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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

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