Details
| Artist | Roman |
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| Date | 1st century CE |
| Medium | marble |
| Dimensions | Overall: 31 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (80 × 57.2 × 39.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Standish Backus |
| Accession Number | 38.107 |
| Department | Greco-Roman and Ancient European |
| On View | Ancient Greek and Roman S2AA, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, on plaque, upper front of piece: DISMANIBVS | P EGNATI | NICEPHORI [translated: To the departed spirits: P. Egnatius Nicephorus.] [Given in CORPUS INSCRIPTIONEM LATINARUM (see references) as DIS MANIBVS/ P. EGNATI/ NICEPHORI] Inscribed, front of base of the monument: IN | FR | P | XVIII - IN | AGR | P | XVII. [IN FRONTE PEDES XVIII - IN AGRO PEDES XVII [the measurements of the burial plot]] |
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Provenance
Mrs. Standish Backus;
1938-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1938-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Corpus Inscriptionem Latinarum, vol. 6, no. 17102.
Bodel, John and Stephen Tracy. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist. American Academy in Rome. Rome, 1997, p.129.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, vol. II. Zurich/Munich, 1984, s.v. Archemoros, as no. 4a, p. 473, pl. 355.
Boschung. Die Antike Graebaltare aus des Nekropolen Roms. Bern, 1987, no. 765.
Pache, C. Ondine. Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece. Urbana and Chicago, 2004, p. 123, (repr.) p. 125, fig. 25.
Kostouros, G. P. Nemeon athlon diegesis: a tomos emmetros epichorios logos meta scholion [A narrative of the Nemean contests], 2 vols. Nemea, 2008, vol. A, p. 149, (fig. 136).
Bodel, John and Stephen Tracy. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist. American Academy in Rome. Rome, 1997, p.129.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, vol. II. Zurich/Munich, 1984, s.v. Archemoros, as no. 4a, p. 473, pl. 355.
Boschung. Die Antike Graebaltare aus des Nekropolen Roms. Bern, 1987, no. 765.
Pache, C. Ondine. Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece. Urbana and Chicago, 2004, p. 123, (repr.) p. 125, fig. 25.
Kostouros, G. P. Nemeon athlon diegesis: a tomos emmetros epichorios logos meta scholion [A narrative of the Nemean contests], 2 vols. Nemea, 2008, vol. A, p. 149, (fig. 136).