D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
M[ARCO] MARIO CEL
SO MAN[IPVLARI EX] III ATHE
NONICE NAT[O] BESS[ICO]
VIX[IT] ANN[IS] XLV MIL[ITAVIT]
ANN[IS] XXVII L[VCIVS] VA
LERIVS BVCCI
MEREN[TI] FECIT
Translation
FOR MARCUS MARIUS CELSUS,
A MARINE ON THE TRIREMEā¦
Description
Funerary epitaph for Marcus Marius Celsus, a Thracian seaman in the Misenum naval fleet
Italy, AD 1-400
acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson from the priest Giuseppe de Criscio, in Pozzuoli Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1097