Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.110: Funerary Plaque with Cleaver and Boar 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"Funerary Plaque with Cleaver and Boar , 2012.1.110,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/57665. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.110 Title Funerary Plaque with Cleaver and Boar Classification Inscriptions Work Type inscription Date 4th-5th century Period Roman Imperial period, Late Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/57665 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Technique Carved Dimensions 21.7 x 21.7 x 3.5 cm (8 9/16 x 8 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: FELICI IN PACE Provenance Recorded Ownership History Professor Wild, Williams College, Amherst, MA (d. early 1940's), gift; to Professor Wetmore, Williams College, Amherst, MA (?-1960), sold by estate; through [Hesperia Arts, Philadelphia, PA], (1961); to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1961-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.110 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 Marble funerary plaque, inscribed "FELICI IN PACE" (To Felix, in peace), above a depiction of a meat cleaver and a boar, standing in profile to the left. The inscription may have been carved on a reused floor tile. Commentary The cleaver and boar indicate that Felix was a pork butcher, and the use of the phrase "in pace" means it is likely he was a Christian. Publication History Mason Hammond, "Three Latin Inscriptions in the McDaniel Collection", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1964), Vol. 68/pp. 79-97, 87-90, plate 2a John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), S4, p. 29-30 [G. M. A. Hanfmann] Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023 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
