Latin Funerary Plaque

Item

Title

Latin Funerary Plaque

Inventory Number

A0433

Description

Plain plaque of white marble with incurved border; remains of 2 iron nails.
SEX•LARTIDIUS•SEX•L•
THELYS•MAG•Q•
FAMIL•AN•XXX•
ET•LESBIAII•L
Sextus Lartidius Thelys, freedman of Sextus,
"magister quinquennialis" (a non-political official of a corporation or collegium)
belonging to the household for 30 years
also (once) the freedman of Lesbiaius

Height

16 cm

Width

29 cm

Bibliography

Lind, p. 159

Type