Funerary monument of Sulpicius Maximus
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Type:
Funerary monument and ornaments
Year:
Late Ist century AD
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 161
Origin:
Rome, Porta Salaria (1871)
Inventory:
MC1102
Opere del percorso
The hall
In the funerary art section are displayed the funerary monument of Sulpicius Maximus, who, as a very young poet, won a musical competition in 94 AD, and the funerary cippo of Giulius Elius Iulus, a rich shoemaker shown in a pose of heroic nudity.