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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1944.21
Title
Fragment of a Greek Memorial Inscription
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
2nd century CE
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291667

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Found by Mr. Henry J. Van Lennep, a missionary, in his garden near Smyrna sometime between 1855-1860.
With his son William B. Van Lennep in 1944.
Gift of Professor Ambrose W. Vernon to the Fogg Museum in 1944.
(Conveyance by Mr. Russell Crook)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Prof. Ambrose Vernon
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
1944.21
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 47.

Verification Level

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