1977.216.1903: Tombstone with Inscription

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.1903

Title

Tombstone with Inscription

Classification

Inscriptions

Work Type

inscription

Date

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/286857

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Stone

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

54 x 22 x 3.5 cm (21 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

1977.216.1903

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Tall marble slab with inscription and relief of a man reclining on a couch offering something to a bird.

Publication History

• 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. 28, p. 10
• John Bodel, "Thirteen Latin Funerary Inscriptions at Harvard University", American Journal of Archaeology (1992), Vol. 96.1, 71-100, p. 92-93, no. 10, fig. 11.
• John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 52.

Exhibition History

• Roman Gallery Installation (long-term), Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/1999 - 01/20/2008

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