ECL-Bn.14:128-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:128-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: philosopher
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Description
Content (description)
The bald and bearded philosopher sits holding a cup in his right hand, a scroll in his left. He wears a himation which leaves his right shoulder and chest bare. Viewed obliquely from right.
Below the philosopher is the inscription: ERATOSTHENES Cyreneus, umbra styli in hemiscaphio terram dimensus. Idem Phi/lologus, et Beta Eruditorum dictus, Grammaticus Poeta, Philosophus, Geometra praefuit Bibliothecae/ Alexandrinae sub Ptolemaeis Philopatore et Epiphane. Natus Olymp. CXXVI anno 1 ante AEram Christi 276 decessit anno etatis 80 vel 82. Statua visitur Romae in hortis Ludovisis.
Below the philosopher is the inscription: ERATOSTHENES Cyreneus, umbra styli in hemiscaphio terram dimensus. Idem Phi/lologus, et Beta Eruditorum dictus, Grammaticus Poeta, Philosophus, Geometra praefuit Bibliothecae/ Alexandrinae sub Ptolemaeis Philopatore et Epiphane. Natus Olymp. CXXVI anno 1 ante AEram Christi 276 decessit anno etatis 80 vel 82. Statua visitur Romae in hortis Ludovisis.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 324mm
width (actual size): 230mm
width (actual size): 230mm
Inscription
See Description:
Below the philosopher is the inscription: ERATOSTHENES Cyreneus, umbra styli in hemiscaphio terram dimensus. Idem Phi/lologus, et Beta Eruditorum dictus, Grammaticus Poeta, Philosophus, Geometra praefuit Bibliothecae/ Alexandrinae sub Ptolemaeis Philopatore et Epiphane. Natus Olymp. CXXVI anno 1 ante AEram Christi 276 decessit anno etatis 80 vel 82. Statua visitur Romae in hortis Ludovisis.
Below the philosopher is the inscription: ERATOSTHENES Cyreneus, umbra styli in hemiscaphio terram dimensus. Idem Phi/lologus, et Beta Eruditorum dictus, Grammaticus Poeta, Philosophus, Geometra praefuit Bibliothecae/ Alexandrinae sub Ptolemaeis Philopatore et Epiphane. Natus Olymp. CXXVI anno 1 ante AEram Christi 276 decessit anno etatis 80 vel 82. Statua visitur Romae in hortis Ludovisis.
Inscription description
130 written in ink on the back of the engraving
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)