1960.468: Cretan Decree
Inscriptions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.468
- Title
- Cretan Decree
- Classification
- Inscriptions
- Work Type
- inscription
- Date
- 2nd century CE
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290783
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Marble
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.468
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Fragment of a decree inscription with ll lines of text with a mention of Zeus Cretagenes.
Publication History
- Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 28, no. 224
- John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 48.
Exhibition History
- The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
Verification Level
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