Ceiling Tile with Heliodoros, an Actuarius, ca.  200–256, Clay with painted plaster, × 44 × cm (12 × 17 5/16 × 2 5/8 in.), Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos, This tile from the ceiling of a house bears a Greek inscription that identifies the bearded man by name, Heliodoros, and occupation, actuarius (an official responsible for distribution of wages in the Roman military). The use of Greek to identify a Roman official is typical of the multicultural environment at Dura-Europos.

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