Subject
Epitaph bearing an inscription in Latin for Lucius Decrius Abascantus (CIL VI.16795).
You read: D · M L · DECRIO · L · L · ABASCANTO.
Transliteration: D(is) M(anibus) L(ucio) Decrio L(uci) l(iberto) Abascanto.
Translation: “To Manes. For Lucius Decrius Abascantus, freedman of Lucius”.
Accession number 1867,0508.42
Marble
Height 18.60 cm; width 13.97 cm
Provenance
Found along the Via Appia
Placement
The British Museum (storage)
Credits
The British Museum
References
G. Henzen – I.B. De Rossi – E. Bormann, C. Huelsen, M. Bang et al., CIL VI/ Inscriptiones urbis Romae Latinae (16795), Berlin, 1876-.
