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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.474
Title
Funerary Slab with Inscription
Classification
Inscriptions
Work Type
inscription
Date
4th century CE
Period
Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290767

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Dimensions
35 x 27.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.474
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Inscription has four lines of text with a leaf shape under the fourth line in the center. Traces of red paint remain in the letters. Inscription reads:
Serapion/eupsychi/he agathe/psyche

Publication History

  • John Bodel and Stephen Tracy, Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A checklist, American Academy in Rome (New York, 1997), p. 47.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • Light and Colour, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, 12/17/1965 - 02/20/1966

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