Funerary inscription praising consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio
Peperino. Ca. 230 BCE. Original.
CIL VI 1287 = ILLRP 310b = ILS 3. Inv. Nos. 1189 (upper) / 1190 (lower).Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Square vestibule, 3—4Photo by Ilya Shurygin

Funerary inscription praising consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio.

Peperino. Ca. 230 BCE. Original.
CIL VI 1287 = ILLRP 310b = ILS 3.
Inv. Nos. 1189 (upper) / 1190 (lower).

Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Square vestibule, 3—4
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vestibolo quadrato, 3—4).

Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
Origin:
Scipio family tomb. Appian way. Rome.
Description:
The survived parts of the monolith peperino sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio, son of Barbatus are presented on the photo.

Top (VQ 3): part of the lid containing titulus written in dye.

Bottom (VQ 4): slab containing cutted inscription, excised out of the front wall of the sarcophagus.

Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
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