Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Roman
ceramics
Historiska museet
relief
1.3.0 2026-08-09 relief Rådata 3102360 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3102360 SHM 04166:0038 Mould-made relief tablet depicting the part of the Roman founding myth where the she-wolf suckles the baby twins Romulus and Remus, after having found them at the banks of the river Tiber. The scene is set in a schematically rendered cave, the so-called Lupercal (derived from the latin "lupa", meaning she-wolf) at the southwest foot of Rome's Palatine Hill, surrounded by a tree. The twins were subsequently found by the shepherd Faustulus, who took them in as his sons. Romulus would later go on to become the legendary founder of the city of Rome and its first ruling king, with many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions attributed to him. The Lupercal was also the focal point for the archaic pastoral festival called Lupercalia, celebrated annually at the foot of the Palatine and at the Forum. There are traces of paint, mostly red, on the relief. SHM 04166:0038, Transferred from the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm to the Museum of Mediterranean Antiquities in 1957., Hjältemonter., Upper edge missing. Chipped., The tablet was donated to the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm in the 1860’s by Bernhard von Beskow, who had acquired it in Italy., Romersk, Furuhagen, H., “The Roman She-Wolf on a Terracotta Tablet”, MedMus. Bulletin 5, 1969, 44-45., Antikens Grekland och Rom, Antikens Grekland och Rom - Showcase 10:18. World of myths, Wikander, Örjan (1981) "The Comparative Collection: Early Antique Collecting in Sweden" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 16 (1981) p. 47-57. Förvärvad Statens Historiska museum Brukad Roman image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3794418/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3794419/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Kaneberg, Ove Utgången upphovsrätt http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3914169 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/5051696 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/video/5349503 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953913 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953889 http://libris.kb.se/bib/3762418 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1021079 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3102360 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3102360 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3102360
Description
Mould-made relief tablet depicting the part of the Roman founding myth where the she-wolf suckles the baby twins Romulus and Remus, after having found them at the banks of the river Tiber. The scene is set in a schematically rendered cave, the so-called Lupercal (derived from the latin "lupa", meaning she-wolf) at the southwest foot of Rome's Palatine Hill, surrounded by a tree. The twins were subsequently found by the shepherd Faustulus, who took them in as his sons. Romulus would later go on to become the legendary founder of the city of Rome and its first ruling king, with many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions attributed to him. The Lupercal was also the focal point for the archaic pastoral festival called Lupercalia, celebrated annually at the foot of the Palatine and at the Forum. There are traces of paint, mostly red, on the relief.
Inventory number
Acquisition
Transferred from the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm to the Museum of Mediterranean Antiquities in 1957.
Comments
Hjältemonter.
Condition
Upper edge missing. Chipped.
Exhibitions
The tablet was donated to the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm in the 1860’s by Bernhard von Beskow, who had acquired it in Italy.
Period, Swedish
Romersk
Publications
Furuhagen, H., “The Roman She-Wolf on a Terracotta Tablet”, MedMus. Bulletin 5, 1969, 44-45.
Utställning / ingår i
Antikens Grekland och Rom
Exhibition, Part of / Current
Antikens Grekland och Rom - Showcase 10:18. World of myths
Referens, publicerad i
Wikander, Örjan (1981) "The Comparative Collection: Early Antique Collecting in Sweden" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 16 (1981) p. 47-57.
Material, engelska
Pottery
Terracotta
Earthenware
Clay
Material
Keramik
Terrakotta
Object
Object, Swedish
Förvärvad
Statens Historiska museum
Brukad
Kaneberg, Ove
Utgången upphovsrätt