Object numberCC41.027

Plaque from a family tomb erected by Lucius Vitellius Verus upon the death of his son Lucius Vitellius Leo

Date1st-3rd c

Artist Classical (Ancient European: Roman) (Classical (Ancient European: Roman), NA)

CultureRoman

MediumMarble

Dimensions4 1/4 x 7 3/16 x 13/16 in. (10.8 x 18.3 x 2 cm)

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968

On View

Not on view

Period1st-3rd ce

Classification(s)

InscribedTranscription: D M | L VITELLIO LEONI FILIO | FECIT L VITELLIVS VERVS | PATER ET SIBI ET SVIS LIB | LIBERTABVSQVE SVIS | POSTERISQVE EORVM Edited Text: D(is) M(anibus). | L(ucio) Vitellio Leoni filio | fecit L(ucius) Vitellius Verus | pater et sibi et suis, lib(ertis) | libertabusque suis | posterisque eorum. Translation: To the Divine Shades. Lucius Vitellius Verus made this for Lucius Vitellius Leo, a father for his son, and for himself and his family and for his freedmen and freedwomen and their descendants.

DescriptionFrom Rome. Complete, with rough edges; remains of later plaster on back and sides; visible guidelines

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