A funerary slab of a comedy actor (comoedus) P. Vinicius Laces
Marble. 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
CIL VI, 10102. Inv. No. 29341.Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of DiocletianPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

A funerary slab of a comedy actor (comoedus) P. Vinicius Laces.

Marble. 1st cent. BCE — 1st cent. CE.
CIL VI, 10102.
Inv. No. 29341.

Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Terme di Diocleziano).

Rome, Kircherian Museum.
Origin:
Rome. Already in the Kircherian museum.
Description:
A funerary slab of P. Vinicius Laces. He was a comedy actor (comoedus) and lived until he was 31 (sic!).

P(ublius) Vinicius / P(ubli) l(ibertus) Laces / comoed(us) v(ixit) a(nnis) XXXV

Publius Vinicius, son of Publius, Laces, comedy actor, lived until he was 35.

Literature:
http://www.almendron.com/historia/antigua/teatro/teatro_08/me_06.htm
Credits:
(сс) 2005. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: museum inscription.
THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART
Keywords: epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie roman romano romana romani römisch römische romaine gravestone funerary inscriptions epitaph in pietra tombale epitaffio grabstein-inschrift de pierre épitaphe погребальная плита надгробие комедийный актер публий виниций лацес publius vinicius laces p vinicivs l comoed v a xxxi xxxv publi libertus comoedus vixit annis cil vi 10102 inv no 29341
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