Title

Marble tombstone of the doctor Claudius Agathemerus and his wife Myrtale, c100. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Marble tombstone of the doctor Claudius Agathemerus and his wife Myrtale, c100. The doctor wears a Roman toga; on his right, his wife wears a high coiffed wig; inscribed in Greek: Here lie I, Claudius Agathemerus,a doctor widely known as a swift healer of disease; this monument brings together with me my consort Myrtale. Dimensions: height x width x depth: 83 x 23.5 x 89 cmweight: 280 kg//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

100th century

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E74_372

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79,3Mb (5,3Mb) / 18,3in x 16,8in / 5500 x 5041 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian job medicine country marriage Rome partnership science memorial white serious occupation clothes color colour death Greek dress Greece Roman inscription location century tombstone doctor profession image studio shot wig concept wives wife husband physician toga metaphor Side By Side Ancient Greece black background Ancient Greek inscribed 2nd century TGN object white colour Unknown marble Claudius Ashmolean Museum Claudius Agathemerus Agathemerus Myrtale Agathemerus Myrtale marble object