Cippus of freedmen Scantius Olimpus and Scantia Agela
Roman work. Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A.108.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Cippus of freedmen Scantius Olimpus and Scantia Agela.

Roman work. Marble.
2nd century CE.
Inv. No. A.108.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Private collection, Medici.
Origin:
Primary location in the Medici Gardens on the Vatican hill (“in hortis Medicaeorum, in collis Vaticanis”). The modern name for the ancient Roman Mons Vaticanus (or Clivus Cinnae) is Monte Mario.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
Keywords: epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur ρωμαϊκό roman romana romano romani römisch römische römisches römischen römischer romain romaine romains romaines κηδεία funeral funerary funeraria funerario begräbnisskulptur beerdigung funéraire ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque πάν πανός deus pan god dio hirtengott divinité σάτυρος σάτυροι satyros satyroi satur saturus satyr satyrs satiro satiri satyrn satyre satyres σειληνός seilenos silenus sileni selenus papposilenus silenuses sileno papposileni silenos silen papposilen silène papposilène gravestone inscriptions epitaph in pietra tombale epitaffio grabstein-inschrift de pierre épitaphe urna cineraria urn for ashes per le ceneri urne für asche pour les cendres tombstone lapide monumento sepolcrale grabstein marble relief cinerary cippus scantius olimpus scantia agela inv no a.108