Laburaren na Celsus tsohon gini ne na Roman a cikin Afisa, wanda yanzu ya zama yankin Anatolia, Turkiyya . An gina shi ne don girmama Sanatan Roman Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, wanda aka sani da Celsus. Celsus ya biya kuɗin ginin laburaren tare da dukiyar sa. Celsus ya kasance Consul a cikin shekara ta 92 AD, Gwamnan lardin Roman na Asiya a cikin 115 AD, kuma ɗan ƙasa mai arziki kuma mashahuri. Ya kasance ɗan asalin Sardisu ne na kusa kuma daga cikin mutanen Girka na farko da suka zama ƙarami a Daular Rome . An girmama shi duka a matsayin Bahelene da Roman akan ɗakin karatu kanta. Hisansa, Gaius Julius Aquila ( Consul 110) ne ya gina ɗakin karatun , kuma an kammala shi a 135  An gina laburaren don adana littattafai dubu 12 kuma ya zama babban kabari ga Celsus. An binne Celsus a cikin sarcophagus ƙarƙashin laburaren, a cikin babbar ƙofar. wanda duka kirif e wanda ke ƙunshe da sarcophagus da kuma abin tunawa da kabarinsa a gareshi. Baƙon abu ne a binne shi a cikin ɗakin karatu ko ma a cikin iyakokin birni, don haka wannan girmamawa ce ta musamman ga Celsus.