Epitaph of Iulia Rodope

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Epitaph of Iulia Rodope

Entry/Object ID

HM-331.1

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Epitaph of Iulia Rodope. Marble tablet 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). M(arcus) Iulius An= tistius Iuli= ae Rodope 5uxori opti= mae ac sanc= tissimae fecit. TRANSLATION To the Divine Spirits. Marcus Iulius Antistius made (this) for Iulia Rodope, the best and most venerable wife [USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.20]

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.Tmp97.6.20] HM-331.1 Epitaph of Iulia Rodope