Urn of Sextilius Ianuarianus

Excavated in 1827. Bought in 1861 from Giampietro Campana.
Date: late second - first half of third century AD. H. 0.38, diam. 0.26.

The inscription is above and next to a depiction of the bearded deceased holding a sword.

D(is) M(anibus) S(acrum) [Sextiliu]S DONATVS PATER ET [Sext]ILIA MAIOR MATER SEXTILI(o) IANVARIA NO FIL(io) KARISS(imo) MIL(iti) COH(ortis) XI VR(banae) FECERVNT VIXIT ANN(os) XXIIII

Dedicated to the gods of the underworld. Sextilius Donatus, father, and Sextilia Maior, mother, For Sextilius Ianuarianus, their dearest son, soldier of the 11th Urban Cohort, made this. He lived 24 years.

Inv. nr. MA 1656. CIL XIV, 225. EDCS-05700224. C. Ricci, "Note sull'iconografia dei soldati delle cohortes urbanae", SEBarc 9 (2011), 131-148, fig. 8. Photo: Louvre. Louvre info.