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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1889
Title
Epitaph of C. Curiatius Caecilius Clementianus
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
150-225 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287439

Physical Descriptions

Medium
marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
73 x 25 x 5.5 cm (28 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: epitaph of an infant in Latin,
    (top, flanking rosette)
    D M
    (main field)
    C CVRIATIO
    CAELCILIO
    CLEMENTIANO
    QVI . VIX . ANN . I
    MENS . VI . D VL
    CLAVDIVS
    ANTONINVS
    TVTOR . PONENDVM
    (in bottom frame)
    CVRAVIT

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Found in the Porta Salaria Necropolis, between the Via Salaria and Via Pinciana.
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
1977.216.1889
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Gaius Curiatus Caecilius Clementianus died aged 1 year, 6 months, and six days. The inscription covers more than the alloted frame, starting at the top, with D and M on either side of the central device, and the final line, "curavit" carved onto the inscription frame. The lower part of the stele is uncarved.

This text is CIL VI 35070.

Publication History

  • Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI (1902), no. 35070.
  • 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. 14, 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.

Verification Level

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