Funerary Memorials Fragments

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Funerary Memorials Fragments

Entry/Object ID

HM-331.1-26

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

26 funeral memorials and fragments imbedded in wall facing the courtyard. (many part of HM-331 set but some individually numbered) Reportedly discovered 1926 in Roman catacombs To the left of the center arch, there are 14, the most prominent reading: 331.1: D M M IVLIVS AN TISTIUS IVLI AERODOPE VXORI OPTI MAE A C SANTISSIMAE F ECIT To the right of center arch, there are 12, the most prominent with the inscription: 331.2: SALVIAES ET IVCUNDAE FILIAE OSSA HIC Probably these are part of the "inscriptions" purchased from Pacific

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

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