Fragmentary Epitaph - Freedmen

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Fragmentary Epitaph - Freedmen

Entry/Object ID

HM-331.6

Tags

Pacifici purchase

Description

Fragmentary epitaph. Marble tablet Has green spot in lower left area 1 of funeral memorials and fragments imbedded in wall on right side of courtyard archway. Reportedly discovered 1926 in Roman catacombs Probably are part of the "inscriptions" purchased from Pacific TRANSCRIPTION [------] [c. 5] Ọ fecit sibi et suis [liber]tis libertabusq(ue) [poste] risq(ue) eoru[m]. [ H(uic) ] ṃ(onumento) d(olus) m(alus) ạ(besto)! TRANSLATION [ ] made (this) for himself and for his [freed]men and freedwomen and for all thei[r descend]ants. Malice and evil, keep away from [this] tomb! [USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.33]

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

1928-06-30 ca from Pacific (inscriptions, columns, urn, cow head, window)

Note Type

1928-07 ca from C Stein (Pacifici, T D Downing shipment, columns, capitals, heads, window)

Note Type

1928-04 ca from Armando Pacifici (Purchases Prices & sources)

Note Type

1927-01-17 Buswell Letter #51 (iron light fixtures, patio fragments, Rumsey, Irene name)

Note Type

[USEP HCM.L.Tmp97.6.33] HM-331.6 Fragmentary Epitaph - Freedmen