Gravestone of Anteros Asiaticus
- Title:
- Gravestone of Anteros Asiaticus
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Gipsformerei der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (reproduction)
Unknown (original)
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- first half of 1st c. CE
2008 (image)
- Site:
- Berlin, Germany (reproduction)
Brescia, Italy (discovery site) (original) - Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (Room 124), Cornell University
Berlin, Germany (reproduction)
Brescia, Italy (discovery site) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0741
- Accession Number:
- 1757 (in black paint on top rim)
96 - File Name:
- CCC_0741.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 84 (H) x 225 (W) cm (complete)
- Culture:
- Roman
- Style/Period:
- Imperial
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in relief and inscription (original) - Subject:
- Augustales
Freedmen (Roman law) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 75 x 84 x 4-4.5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a the inscribed and relief-decorated grave monument of freedman Anteros Asiaticus. The original is broken along the top edge and missing all but the bottoms of letters of the first line of the inscription. Grape vines with the occasional figure in relief wind up the sides of the slab. A small crowded scene at the bottom of the stone shows the deceased in his duties as a sevir augustalis, one of six elected local officials charged with overseeing the cult of the emperor, among other duties.
This cast was made in three large pieces that are displayed together but cataloged separately. This ID no. represents the rightmost piece.
1757 marked in black along the top edge is the cast number of the Gipsformerei der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.
Inscription: M(arcus) [Va]le[r]i[u]s M(arci) L(uci) P(ubli)
(mulieris) l(ibertus)
Anteros Asiaticus VIvir / sibi et Valeriae
(mulieris) l(ibertae) Trypherae
uxori et Phileto liberto - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. HR 2928 - Bibliography:
- CIL V 4482
Inez Scott Ryberg, Rites of the State Religion in Roman Art, MAAR 22 (1955), 100-101, pls. 32-33
C. Compostella, "Iconografia, ideologia e status a Brixia nel 1 secolo d.C.: la lastra sepolcrale del seviro Anteros Asiaticus," Rivista di Archeologia 13 (1989) 59-75
Gipsformerei, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Katalog der Originalabgüsse, Heft 5, Griechenland und Rom: Reliefs, Bauornamentik und Geräte, pl. 16, no. 1757
E. Hübner, "Zum Denkmal des Trimalchio," Hermes 13.3 (1878), 414-422
Thomas Schäfer, Imperii Insignia: Sella curulis und Fasces. Zur Repräsentation römischer Magistrate (Mainz: von Zabern, 1989), 403 -404, cat. no. C 69 pl. 121 - Related Work:
- Goes together with nos. 74 and 94.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Brescia, Museo Civico Romano (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.