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Name:
Silius
Date:
2nd half 1st C AD
Now kept:
Landesmuseum Mainz (Germany)
Publications:
W.Selzer, Römische Steindenkmäler. Mainz in Römischer Zeit (Mainz 1988), p.150.Militärische Grabdenkmäler aus Mainz und Umgebung CSIR Deutschland II.5 (Mainz 1992), 52.
Findspot:
Dienheim (S. of Mainz, Germany)
References:
CIL XIII 6277
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Inscription
Item details
Translation:
Silius, son of Atto, trooper of Ala Picentiana, 45 years of age, 24 years of service, lies here. His heir had (this) erected.
Inscription:
Silius Attonis f(ilius) /
Comments
Item details
Unit:
Ala Picentiana
Rank:
Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept:
Mainz
Style:
Funerary banquet
Status:
good images - insufficient info
Last updated:
Friday, 03 February 2012
Comments:
A typical 'Totenmahlszene', the dead soldier reclining, while on the bottom part of the tombstone, a servant leads the horse.site of Prof. Manfred Clauss.
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