Difference between revisions of "World Museum 16.5.72.7: Funerary Inscription for Epaphroditos"
Admin ukepig (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Category:Liverpool, World Museum '''Modern Publication(s):''' {{{Pub}}} '''Brief description:''' {{{Summary}}} == Attributes == '''Inscription Type:''' {{{Type}}} '...") |
Admin ukepig (talk | contribs) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Category:Liverpool, World Museum]] | [[Category:Liverpool, World Museum]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Location Unknown]] | ||
| + | '''Modern Publication(s):''' Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles'', p. 425 (Liverpool, no. 9); Gatty no. 4 | ||
| − | + | '''Brief description:''' Funerary inscription | |
| − | |||
| − | '''Brief description:''' | ||
== Attributes == | == Attributes == | ||
| − | '''Inscription Type:''' | + | '''Inscription Type:''' Funerary |
| − | '''Object Type:''' | + | '''Object Type:''' Round column of limestone. |
| − | '''Material:''' | + | '''Material:''' Limestone |
| − | '''Original Location:''' | + | '''Original Location:''' Unknown |
| − | '''Provenance:''' | + | '''Provenance:''' 'Cyprus, where Gen. Cesnola found others similar.' (Gatty) |
'''Date:''' {{{InscriptionDate}}} | '''Date:''' {{{InscriptionDate}}} | ||
| − | '''Dimensions:''' | + | '''Dimensions:''' H. 26 3/4 inches; diameter of column 8 3/4 inches |
| − | '''Layout:''' | + | '''Layout:''' |
| − | '''Writing:''' | + | '''Writing:''' Inscribed |
| − | '''Condition:''' | + | '''Condition:''' Unknown |
| − | '''Decoration:''' | + | '''Decoration:''' 'Round column with clumsy, curious, articulations at top and bottom, furnished with a hole on the top for fastening on an ornament or case' (Michaelis); 'roughly carved mouldings' (Getty) |
== Collection == | == Collection == | ||
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Unknown: lost probably during the Liverpool blitz, 1941 |
| − | '''Collector:''' | + | '''Collector:''' Presented to J. Mayer by Captain Fothergill of SS Thessalia |
| − | '''Date collected:''' | + | '''Date collected:''' |
| − | '''Accession or catalogue number:''' | + | '''Accession or catalogue number:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum) 16.5.72.7 |
== Translation == | == Translation == | ||
| − | + | 'O Epaphroditos, Good Man, Farewell!' | |
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | C. T. Gatty, ''Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities in the Mayer Museum'' (Liverpool, 1883), no. 4 (= ''Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire'' 34 (1883) 39-66, no. 4). | ||
| + | |||
| + | A. Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles in Great Britain'' (Cambridge, 1882), p. 424 (Liverpool no. 6) | ||
== Web Links == | == Web Links == | ||
| − | + | ||
== Image(s) == | == Image(s) == | ||
| − | + | ||
| + | Now lost; no known images are extant. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:33, 13 February 2015
Modern Publication(s): Michaelis, Ancient Marbles, p. 425 (Liverpool, no. 9); Gatty no. 4
Brief description: Funerary inscription
Attributes
Inscription Type: Funerary
Object Type: Round column of limestone.
Material: Limestone
Original Location: Unknown
Provenance: 'Cyprus, where Gen. Cesnola found others similar.' (Gatty)
Date: {{{InscriptionDate}}}
Dimensions: H. 26 3/4 inches; diameter of column 8 3/4 inches
Layout:
Writing: Inscribed
Condition: Unknown
Decoration: 'Round column with clumsy, curious, articulations at top and bottom, furnished with a hole on the top for fastening on an ornament or case' (Michaelis); 'roughly carved mouldings' (Getty)
Collection
Location: Unknown: lost probably during the Liverpool blitz, 1941
Collector: Presented to J. Mayer by Captain Fothergill of SS Thessalia
Date collected:
Accession or catalogue number: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum) 16.5.72.7
Translation
'O Epaphroditos, Good Man, Farewell!'
Bibliography
C. T. Gatty, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities in the Mayer Museum (Liverpool, 1883), no. 4 (= Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 34 (1883) 39-66, no. 4).
A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), p. 424 (Liverpool no. 6)
Web Links
Image(s)
Now lost; no known images are extant.
