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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1887
Title
Funeral stele of M. Cocceius Alcimus, Imperial Freedman
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
1st half of the 2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287437

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
68 x 22 x 7 cm (26 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: epitaph in seven lines in Latin,
    D . M
    M . COCCEI
    O ALCIMO AVG.
    LIB . COCCEIA LO
    LIA FECIT PATR
    ONO SVO BE
    NEMERENTI


    [Transliteration:D(is) M(anibus). Cocceio Alcimo Aug(usti) lib(erto) Cocceia Lolia fecit patrono suo bene merenti.]

    [Translation: To the Divine Shades. For Cocceius Alcimus, freedman of Augustus, Cocceia Lolia made (this) for her well deserving patron.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Found in the necropolis between the Via Salaria and Via Pinciana, Rome.
Bought by Clifford Moore in Rome for the Department of the Classics, 1905-1906.
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

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
1977.216.1887
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
"To the *manes* (spirits of the dead), to Marcus Cocceius Alcimus, imperial freedman. Cocceia Lolia made (this) for her well-deserving patron."

Publication History

  • Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI (1902), no. 34978.
  • 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. 12, p. 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, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

Verification Level

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