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Marble architrave with inscription

1st century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
The inscription, written in Greek and said to be from Rome, is unusual since most large, public inscriptions from Rome are in Latin. It appears to refer to the Statilii, originally an aristocratic family from Lucania in Southern Italy. Two men called Titus Statilius Taurus (father and son) rose to the consulship in the late first century B.C. as supporters of the emperor Augustus. The purpose and sense of this fragmentary inscription remains unclear. As well as a Titus Sta[tilius], it lists two women with Roman names, Cornelia and Octavia, two men with Greek names, Leonides and Apollonios, and another woman, Gessia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Marble architrave with inscription
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: H.: 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 16 in. (64.8 x 80 x 40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Stone Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.60.69
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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