Inscription on the sarcophagus of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus in the Tomb of the Scipios

Aniene tufa. Inv. No. 1155.Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Apoxyomenos Cabinet, 38Photo by Ilya Shurygin

Inscription on the sarcophagus of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus in the Tomb of the Scipios.

Aniene tufa.

Inv. No. 1155.

Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Apoxyomenos Cabinet, 38
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Gabinetto dell’ Apoxyomenos, 38).

Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.

Description:

CIL VI 1293

Cn(aeus) Cornelius Cn(aei) f(ilius) Scipio Hispanus / pr(aetor) aid(ilis) cur(ulis) q(uaestor) tr(ibunus) mil(itum) II Xvir sl(itibus) iudik(andis) / Xvir sacr(is) fac(iundis) / virtutes generis mieis moribus accumulavi / progeniem genui facta patris petiei / maiorum optenui laudem ut sibei me esse creatum / laetentur stirpem nobilitavit honor

Credits:

THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

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History of Ancient Rome

Inscription on the sarcophagus of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus in the Tomb of the Scipios.

Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Apoxyomenos Cabinet, 38(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Gabinetto dell’ Apoxyomenos, 38).

Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Apoxyomenos Cabinet, 38
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Gabinetto dell’ Apoxyomenos, 38).