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Mar 10, 2009

Cinerary Box

AD 1–100

Italy, Roman, 1st Century

Marble

Overall: 29 x 24 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.560

Location

not on view

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The central rectangular plaque would have been inscribed with an epitaph, either painted or carved.

Citations

Eldridge, L. G. "Classical Marbles in the Museum: II." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 4 (1919): 72-75. Reproduced: p. 75; Mentioned: pp. 73-74 www.jstor.org

Schauenburg, Konrad. “Zu Zwei Sarkophagplatten Im J. Paul Getty Museum.” The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 2 (1975): 61–70. Ill. p. 70, Fig. 10. www.jstor.org

Neils, Jenifer. "The Orestes Sarcophagus and Other Classical Marbles." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71: 4 (1984). 102-13. Reproduced: pp 104-105, figs. 5-6 www.jstor.org

Sinn, Friederike. Stadtrömische Marmorurnen. Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1987. Mentioned: pp. 112-113, no. 85. Ill. Taf. 25c-d.

Exhibition history

CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe."

Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011).

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