1963.49: Funerary Altar of Tiberius Claudius Nicomacus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1963.49

Title

Funerary Altar of Tiberius Claudius Nicomacus

Classification

Inscriptions

Work Type

inscription

Date

1-100

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290307

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

43.18 cm h x 36.51 cm w x 22.23 cm d (17 x 14 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in five lines in Latin,
  DIS MANIB
  TI . CLAVDIO
  NICOMACO
  ARAM . FECIT
  SIBI
  
  [Transliteration: Dis Manib(us), Ti(berio) Claudio Nicomaco aram fecit sibi.]
  [Translation: To the Divine Shades. Tiberius Claudius Nicomacus made (this) altar for himself]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of Arthur Burkhard, 1963.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Arthur Burkhard

Accession Year

1963

Object Number

1963.49

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Inscription: DIS MANIB / TI CLAVDIO / NICOMACO / ARAM FECIT / SIBI

Publication History

• Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI (1902), no. 15161.
• John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 50.

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