Urn of Marcus Graecinius Blandus

Excavated in 1856 by Pietro Ercole Visconti in tomb V near the Porta Secondaria (= Heinzelmann PR B8/B9; see plan below).
Date: late first century AD. W. 0.56, h. 0.36, h. without the lid 0.28, d. 0.43.

M(arco) GRAECINIO BLANDO GRAE CINIA CALLIRHOE MAT(er) FEC(it) VI(xit) A(nnis) XXXVI M(ensibus) XI D(iebus) XVI F(ilio) P(iissimo) ET T(ito) MALLIO TERPNO CONIVGI OPTIMO B(ene) M(erenti)

Same image, large.

Inv. nr. 10654. Formerly Museo Lateranense. Benndorf-Schöne 1867, nr. 552. CIL XIV, 1093. EDR144090. Arachne 21687. Photo: Arachne. Plan: Mon. dell' Inst. VI, Tav. 11.