D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
P[VBLIO] AEL[IO] CLERVCHO
AUG[VSTI] LIB[ERTO] FL[AVIA] RHODO
PE CONIUGI BENE
MERENTI FECIT
Translation
FOR PUBLIUS AELIUS CLERUCHUS,
A FREEDMAN OF THE EMPEROR.
FLAVIA RHODOPE HAD THIS MADE
FOR HER HUSBAND,
A WELL-DESERVING MAN.
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO THE SPIRITS
OF THE DEPARTED.
Description
Funerary urn for the ashes of Publius Aelius Cleruchus, a freedman.
Italy, AD 100-200, found at Palestrina, Italy before 1857
acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson in Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1015
