The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Cinerary Box

1–100 CE

Italy, Roman

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: 010 Focus Gallery

Did You Know?

The central rectangular plaque would have been inscribed with an epitaph, either painted or carved.
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    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
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    Sinn, Friederike. Stadtrömische Marmorurnen. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern (1987). Mentioned: pp. 112-113, no. 85. Ill. Taf. 25c-d.
    Noelle, Alexander J., and Cleveland Museum of Art. Filippino Lippi and Rome. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2025. Reproduced: p. 112, no. 10
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    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."
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