Funerary stele of Giulius Elius Iulius
Type:
Funerary monument and ornaments
Year:
Last 20 years of the Ist century AD
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 103
Origin:
Rome, Via Trionfale (1887)
Inventory:
MC0930
Masterpieces of the hall
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.
