Section of the Lid of a Sarcophagus
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 300
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumProconessian marble
Dimensions24 x 148.5 cm (9 7/16 x 58 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS23w1
eMuseum ID721440
EmbARK ObjectID11956
TMS Source ID1106
Last Updated10/31/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesSchimberg. "Sitzungungsprotocolle." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts, Romische Abteilung (1888), pp. 96-97.
Edmond Le Blant. "Lettre... (seance du 9 Mars 1888)." Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1888), pp. 111-13.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 6, no. 31754.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 194. (Roman, 1st century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 48, no. 64. (Roman, about 300 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "The Mosaic from Montebello near Rome: An Early Manifestation of the Seasons in Roman Imperial Art." Fenway Court (1981), pp. 23-24, no. 6. (Roman, about 300 CE)
Edmond Le Blant. "Lettre... (seance du 9 Mars 1888)." Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1888), pp. 111-13.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 6, no. 31754.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 194. (Roman, 1st century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 48, no. 64. (Roman, about 300 CE)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "The Mosaic from Montebello near Rome: An Early Manifestation of the Seasons in Roman Imperial Art." Fenway Court (1981), pp. 23-24, no. 6. (Roman, about 300 CE)
MarksNotesInscribed (central tablet): DM/ETMEMO/RIAE GAI/SALVIDOMI / TI*RVFINI/CP (For the Manes [Chthonic deities, like Lares] and to the memory of / Gaius Salvius Domitius / Rufinus, [our] dear father)
ProvenanceNotesDiscovered on 24 Feburary 1888 with two other sarcophagi (CIL nos. 31715 and 31769) in the Vigna Colonna, Pompeii on the Appian Way, between the Porta San Sebastiano and the tomb of Caecilia Metella.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1903.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1903.
