Roman memorial tablet, Cyprus, c.1st-2nd century AD
Marble
Dimensions: 16.2 x 24.6cm
12014
£ 12,000
Marble tablet with three lines of greek inscription reading: 'Farewell, best Euphranor'. Transcription: EUPHRANOR KHRESTE KHAIRE. Euphranor is a male name, khreste means 'best' (goes with Euphranor, who is being...
Marble tablet with three lines of greek inscription reading: "Farewell, best Euphranor".
Transcription: EUPHRANOR KHRESTE KHAIRE. Euphranor is a male name, khreste means 'best' (goes with Euphranor, who is being addressed), khaire means 'farewell'. Intact, a few old losses to the sides, a c.3cm crack runs up from the bottom and a short crack runs from the top.
Transcription: EUPHRANOR KHRESTE KHAIRE. Euphranor is a male name, khreste means 'best' (goes with Euphranor, who is being addressed), khaire means 'farewell'. Intact, a few old losses to the sides, a c.3cm crack runs up from the bottom and a short crack runs from the top.
Provenance
Edwin Henry Lawrence (1819-1891);
His Sale; Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 25th-27th April 1892, lot 405;
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt-Rivers (1827-1900); acquired from the above;
Various Properties; Christie's, London, 10th July 1991;
R.S.L. collection, London, UK; acquired prior to 2000;Accompanied by letters from the relevant Greek and Italian authorities renouncing any current or future claim over this piece.
Exhibitions
Pitt Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset, UK, in drawer under Case 10 of Room 4, deposited 30th June 1892Literature
Compare an example on show in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, object number 74.51.2436,also from Cyprus and the Cesnola Collection, and published in the Pitt Rivers catalogue directly above the present inscription
Publications
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, Catalogue of Cypriote Antiquities, called the Lawrence-Cesnola Collection, The Property of the Late Edwin Henry Lawrence, Esq. F.S.A., 25th-27th April 1892, lot 405Catalogue of objects collected by General Pitt Rivers from 1891 to 1896, Volume 3, p.818
Christie's, London, Fine Antiquities, 10th July 1991, lot 202
