Circular Cinerarium
sculptor
Unknown
Date60 - 90
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumCrystallind Greek (Thasian?) marble
Dimensions33.3 x 47 cm (13 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberSG8e8
eMuseum ID731073
Previous NumberSG-8e-8
EmbARK ObjectID11396
Previous NumberSG8e-8
TMS Source ID616
Last Updated10/9/24
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.
BibliographyNotesFriedrich Matz et al. Antike Bildwerke in Rom mit Ausschluss der grösseren Sammlungen vol. 3 (Leipzig, 1881), p. 213, no. 3993.
Inscriptiones Italiae et Siciliae vol. 14 (Berlin, 1890), p. 512, no. 2101.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 39, no. 52. (as Roman, late Julio-Claudian or Flavian period, about 60-90 CE)
Inscriptiones Italiae et Siciliae vol. 14 (Berlin, 1890), p. 512, no. 2101.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 39, no. 52. (as Roman, late Julio-Claudian or Flavian period, about 60-90 CE)
MarksNotesInscribed (center tablet): in Greek characters (To the God[s] of the Universe / Phoibianos made this / for Nike Glykytak in farewell memory)
ProvenanceNotesComissioned by a certain Phoibianos in memory of a certain Nike Glykyta in the 1st century CE.
Transcribed and described by the German classical archaeologist Friedrich von Duhn (1851-1930) in the so-called Vinea Pacca, Rome in 1881.
Documented in the same location in 1890.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Transcribed and described by the German classical archaeologist Friedrich von Duhn (1851-1930) in the so-called Vinea Pacca, Rome in 1881.
Documented in the same location in 1890.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
