Harvard Art Museums > 1977.216.1884: Funerary Inscription of M. Baebius Celer, Sailor in the Misene Fleet 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 Inscription of M. Baebius Celer, Sailor in the Misene Fleet , 1977.216.1884,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287036. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1977.216.1884 Title Funerary Inscription of M. Baebius Celer, Sailor in the Misene Fleet Other Titles Former Title: Sepulchral Inscription Classification Inscriptions Work Type inscription Date late 1st-early 2nd century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium) Period Roman Imperial period Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287036 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions 30 x 41 x 3 cm (11 13/16 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: epitaph in ten lines in Latin, M. Baebio Ce/leri qui et Bato Dazantis f(ilius), Delma(tae), mil(iti) ex cl(asse) pr(aetoria) Mis(enensi), (centuria) Vi/bi Maximi. Vixit ann(is) XL, milit(avit) ann(is) XVIIII. Fulvia Basilia coniu/gi b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit) et libertis libertabus posteri(s)/que eorum omnib(us). 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 1977.216.1884 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. 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. 9, p. 3 John Bodel, "Thirteen Latin Funerary Inscriptions at Harvard University", American Journal of Archaeology (1992), Vol. 96.1, 71-100, p. 82-84, no. 4, fig. 5. John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 50. Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/13/2015 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
