Tomb of the Scipios, inscription of Lucius Scipio found in 1614 and taken to the Barberini Palace

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Alternative title	Sepulcrum Scipionum (Roma), iscrizione di L. Cornelius Scipio, figlio di Barbatus
Alternative title	Sepulcrum Scipionum (Rome, Italy), inscription of Lucius Scipio, wich was found in 1614 and taken to the Barberini Palace
Type of resource	still image
Form	Film : b/w
Extent	Print Dimensions: Width: 240 mm x Height: 180 mm; Negative Dimensions: Width: 60 mm x Height: 60 mm
Date created	1958
Digital origin	reformatted digital
Map data	Scale not given ; 41.87594477, 12.500542

Photographer	Nash, Ernest

Subject	Tomb of the Scipios
Subject	Sepolcro degli Scipioni (Roma)
Subject	Musei Vaticani
Subject	Vatican Museums
Subject	Scipios
Genre	Photographs
Genre	Detail inscription

Direction (Azimuth)	0
Pictorial Dictionary topic	Sepulcrum Scipionum
Pictorial Dictionary caption	The funerary inscription of Lucius Scipio, which was found in 1614 and taken to the Barberini Palace. Since 1912 it has been in the Vatican Museum.
Citation	Pictorial Dictionary, vol. 2, p. 355, fig. 1130 (Landscape): 'Sepulcrum Scipionum,' Fot Num 5261.
Category	2. TOMBS/MAUSOLEA
Category	9. DECORATIVE ELEMENTS/INSCRIPTIONS
Document subtype	Museum
Document subtype	Tomb
Donor tags	Tomb of the Scipios
Donor tags	Musei Vaticani
Donor tags	Scipios
Item call number	FU.Roma.SPSC.7
Negative number	FUN.5261
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vw249zg9242
Repository	American Academy in Rome

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Ernest Nash Photo Collection

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