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Hearst Museum object titled Incomplete lid with inscription, accession number 6-19292, described as Black and gray stone (marble?) box lid, broken, part missing, highly polished, inscription in cartouche; 13x10x1.3 cm.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-6646, described as Marble memorial tablet from columbarium; the left part of CIL 6.38714; first line reads “PAMMENIO”; left side also includes ancient nail.

Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-3420, described as Latin inscription on marble Translation: To the Di Manes. Gaius Amatius Polybius [made this] for Amatia Adaucta, his well deserving wife. She lived 30 years, 3 months, and 5 days. [sculptor ran out of room on the stone at the 5 (V), so it's possible it was originally supposed to be a 6 (VI)] Dating: The EDR dates it between 151 and 250 CE based on the lettering and language used (entry here). The U.S. Epigraphy Project essentially agrees, dating it to the late 2nd or 3rd century CE. A date from this period makes sense - the EDR is right that it is very common in this period to list the age of death this way. General information: Because they have the same nomen (Amatia/Amatius), this couple were either both freedpeople from the same household, or Gaius Amatius Polybius was originally Amatia Adaucta's enslaver, and he freed her on the condition that she marry him. After the object was dug up, someone appears to have examined it using a candle, which dripped white wax in at least two patches roughly centered on the D and M at the top of the text. This certainly postdates the object's rediscovery, because the wax has dripped down the sides of the old break in the top right corner of the stone. (Description provided by Darcy Tuttle)

Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-4299, described as Small Latin inscription; marble; QVINTIO . TI [...] MARCELLAE . [...]

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-6648, described as Marble inscription tablet; refers to sepulchral matters; complete on the left side only; first extant line reads “in fundo”, plus perhaps the letter “C”.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-6647, described as Marble epitaph tablet; complete on all sides except the left; first line reads nucius. “Q.L.Rufio”.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-4300, described as Late Greek inscription. Marble.

Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-4294, described as Left side of a Latin Inscription marble M(anius) M(ani) felix FVLCINI [VS] L(iberus)

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-6649, described as Fragment of a marble inscription; broken on all sides; reads “COS”. Plus a tall “I” or a dividing line of some kind, plus part of what seems to be the letter “K”.

Hearst Museum object titled Incomplete lid with inscription, accession number 6-19292, described as Black and gray stone (marble?) box lid, broken, part missing, highly polished, inscription in cartouche; 13x10x1.3 cm.

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Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-3420, described as Latin inscription on marble Translation: To the Di Manes. Gaius Amatius Polybius [made this] for Amatia Adaucta, his well deserving wife. She lived 30 years, 3 months, and 5 days. [sculptor ran out of room on the stone at the 5 (V), so it's possible it was originally supposed to be a 6 (VI)] Dating: The EDR dates it between 151 and 250 CE based on the lettering and language used (entry here). The U.S. Epigraphy Project essentially agrees, dating it to the late 2nd or 3rd century CE. A date from this period makes sense - the EDR is right that it is very common in this period to list the age of death this way. General information: Because they have the same nomen (Amatia/Amatius), this couple were either both freedpeople from the same household, or Gaius Amatius Polybius was originally Amatia Adaucta's enslaver, and he freed her on the condition that she marry him. After the object was dug up, someone appears to have examined it using a candle, which dripped white wax in at least two patches roughly centered on the D and M at the top of the text. This certainly postdates the object's rediscovery, because the wax has dripped down the sides of the old break in the top right corner of the stone. (Description provided by Darcy Tuttle)

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Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-4299, described as Small Latin inscription; marble; QVINTIO . TI [...] MARCELLAE . [...]

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Hearst Museum object titled Inscription, accession number 8-4294, described as Left side of a Latin Inscription marble M(anius) M(ani) felix FVLCINI [VS] L(iberus)

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S1967-1968 #102: California State University, East Bay (March 8, 1968–March 23, 1968)3 objects
S1964-1965 #103: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (June 11, 1965–August 6, 1965)2 objects
S1967-1968 #1: California State University, Chico (July 6, 1967–February 26, 1968)2 objects
S1965-1966 #12: KQED Television (September 8, 1965–September 13, 1965)1 objects
S1968-1969 #91: unknown borrower (March 27, 1969–August 1, 1969)1 objects
S1970-1971 #118: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Arthur Ernest Gordon (April 21, 1971–May 3, 1971)1 objects
S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983)1 objects
S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983)1 objects

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