Epitaph of C. Lepidius Eutychus

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Epitaph of C. Lepidius Eutychus

Entry/Object ID

HM-331.3

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Epitaph of C. Lepidius Eutychus. Marble slab 1 of funeral memorials and fragments imbedded in wall on right side of courtyard archway Partially obstructed by the stone sarcophagus bench Reportedly discovered 1926 in Roman catacombs Probably these are part of the "inscriptions" purchased from Pacific TRANSCRIPTION D(is) M(anibus). C(ai) Lepidi Eutychi . Fecit C(aius) Lepidius Hermeros filio 5suo, qui vixit an= nis III, mensibus X, diebus XXVI. TRANSLATION To the Divine Spirits of Gaius Lepidius Eutychus. Gaius Lepidius Hermeros made (this) for his son, who lived for three years, ten months, (and) twenty-six days [USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.31]

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.Tmp97.6.31] HM331.3 Epitaph of C. Lepidius Eutychus