Rectangular Cinerary Urn
sculptor
Unknown
Dateabout 27 BCE - 68 CE
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions64.8 x 44.5 x 31.8 cm (25 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS8w9
eMuseum ID730107
EmbARK ObjectID11378
TMS Source ID600
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.
BibliographyNotesCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 14, no. 1359. (consult for earlier manuscript citations)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 54. (Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 36-37, no. 49. (Roman, early imperial)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 54. (Roman)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 36-37, no. 49. (Roman, early imperial)
MarksNotesInscribed (on central tablet): DIS*MANIB / Q*MINVCIPRIMIGEN / ET*MINVCIAE*SVCCESSAE / CONIVGI*EIVS / Q MINVCIVS ICARVS / PARENTIBVS OPTIMIS (For the Manes [Chthonic deities, like Lares] / To Quintus Minucius Primigenus / and Minucia Successa / his spouse / Quintus Minucius Icarus / to the best of partents)
ProvenanceNotesMade for Quntus Minucius Primigenus and Minucia Successa. Comissioned by their son Quintus Minucius Icarus.
Cinerarium described and inscription transcribed in the 16th century by the Flemish antiquarian Martinus Smetius (about 1525-1578) and in March 1550 by the Swiss scholar Metellus (16th century), at the port of Ostia.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for about 40 lire on 13 April 1895.
Cinerarium described and inscription transcribed in the 16th century by the Flemish antiquarian Martinus Smetius (about 1525-1578) and in March 1550 by the Swiss scholar Metellus (16th century), at the port of Ostia.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for about 40 lire on 13 April 1895.
