Epitaph of Claudia

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Epitaph of Claudia

Entry/Object ID

HM-331.17

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Epitaph of Claudia. Fragmentary marble 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). [Cla]udiae con(iugi) fecit Stator [be]ne mere[nti]. TRANSLATION [To the Divine] Spirits. Stator made (this) for (his) wife, [Cla]udia, [we]ll-deser[ving] [USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.16]

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.Tmp97.6.16] HM-331.17 Epitaph of Claudia