Epitaph of Severa - copy

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Epitaph of Severa - copy

Entry/Object ID

HM-331.19

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Modern: Epitaph of Severa. Plaster slab 1 of funeral memorials and fragments imbedded in wall on left side of courtyard archway Reportedly discovered 1926 in Roman catacombs Probably are part of the "inscriptions" purchased from Pacific TRANSCRIPTION D(is) M(anibus). Severa(e) ((hedera)) co(n)= iugi. Aerenius Nicita coniu= 5gi be(ne) m(erenti). Vixsit annos X= VI. TRANSLATION To the Divine Spirits. To Severa, wife. Aerenius Nicita (made this) for (his) wife, well-deserving. She lived sixteen years [USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.25-mdn]

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

331 1-26

Made/Created

Notes

Date: 5 A.D. -- 15th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Slab, Tomb

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

1951 Tour Manual 009

Note Type

1927-12-01 from Pacific (inscriptions, columns, urn, cow head, window)

Note Type

1927-12-30 ca from C Stein (Pacifici, T D Downing shipment, columns, capitals, heads, window)

Note Type

1928-01-01 ca from Armando Pacifici (Purchases Prices & sources)

Note Type

buswell_letter_1-17-1927_letterno51CAM_2

Note Type

[USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.25-mdn] HM-331.19 Epitaph of Severa - copy