Zone d'identification
Cote
Add. MS a/532
Titre
Explanatory note for the Sandwich Marble
Date(s)
- [18th cent.?] (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
1 stiff card
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Manuscript label headed "Dr Taylor's Marmor Sandvicense" carrying information about the Sandwich Marble, with additional information about the stele on the verso. The Sandwich Marble is the upper portion of a stele from Athens inscribed on both sides with accounts of the administrators of the sanctuary of Apollo on Delos in 377/6-374/3 BCE. It was removed from Greece by the Fourth Earl Sandwich and given to Trinity College Cambridge where it was placed in the entrance to the Wren Library. In 1969 the marble was transferred on loan to The Fitzwilliam Museum.