Epitaph of Claudia Aphro (cat garden)

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Epitaph of Claudia Aphro (cat garden)

Entry/Object ID

OUT-50

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Epitaph of Claudia Aphro. Marble stele Tombstone on west end of cat garden wall Close to Gate with a hole at bottom center Inscription within carved curved frame TRANSCRIPTION Dis Man(ibus). Claudia͡e Aph͡ro . Vix(it) an(nis) XXII, m(ensibus) V. Lathymus 5Medontis Coccei Nervae coniugi bene merenti fecit. TRANSLATION To the Divine Spirits. To Claudia Aphro. She lived for twenty-two years (and) five months. Lathymus, (the slave) of Medon, (the slave) of Cocceus Nerva, made (this) for (his) wife, well-deserving [USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.48]

Acquisition

Accession

OUT-50

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Carving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

[USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.48] OUT-50 Epitaph of Claudia Aphro

Note Type

1927-12-30 ca from Pacific (purchased 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)