Rectangular Cinerary Urn
sculptor
Unknown
Date50-81
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions18.4 x 30.5 x 23.5 cm (7 1/4 x 12 x 9 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS8e15
eMuseum ID731107
EmbARK ObjectID11399
TMS Source ID618
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.
BibliographyNotesBullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma (Rome, 1892), p. 300, no. 16.
Corpus Inscriptorum Latinarum 6, no. 34182. (CIL number sometimes given as "28247" or "no. 28247 = no. 34182"; consult for earlier manuscript sources)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 38, no. 50. (Roman, late Julio-Claudian or early Flavian period)
Corpus Inscriptorum Latinarum 6, no. 34182. (CIL number sometimes given as "28247" or "no. 28247 = no. 34182"; consult for earlier manuscript sources)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 38, no. 50. (Roman, late Julio-Claudian or early Flavian period)
MarksNotesInscribed (central tablet): VALERIAE*PORPHYRIDI / VIX*ANN*XVIII / VALERIVS*PHILIPPVS / PATRONVS" (To Valeria Porphyris / who lived eighteen years, / Valerius Philippus, / her patron)
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Orsini (1450-1503), Monte Giordano Palace, Rome.
Collection of the Dorides family, 3 Piazza Trinita de Monti, Rome by 3 March 1892.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Collection of the Dorides family, 3 Piazza Trinita de Monti, Rome by 3 March 1892.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
