Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD015989 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
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pub(lico) |(centurio) leg(ionum) V Mac<e=I>d(onicae) et PVB | LEG V MACID ET
VIII Aug(ustae) et II Aug(ustae) et XX V(aleriae) V(ictricis) VIII AVG ET II AVG ET XX V V
vixit annis LXI Aristio VIXIT ANNIS LXI ARISTIO
lib(ertus) h(eres) f(aciendum) c(uravit) LIB H F C
Chronological Data:
90 AD – 150 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 7, p. 294 n. 903. (B)
  • RIB 0509; Zeichnung.
  • AE 1966, 0242.
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 56, 1966, 225, (b). - AE 1966.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    United Kingdom
    ancient find spot:
    Deva
    modern find spot:
    Chester
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Cheshire
    year of find:
    1887
    present location:
    Chester, Grosvenor Mus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    block
    material:
    Sandstein
    height:
    (43) cm
    width:
    88 cm
    depth:
    76 cm

    Historical relevant data

    military:
    present
    social / economic / legal history:
    present

    Commentary

     
    (B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen s. RIB 0509.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    [---]
    Praenomen:
    [-]
    Nomen:
    [---]
    Cognomen:
    [---]
    Age: Years:
    61
    Person 2
    Name:
    Aristio
    Cognomen:
    Aristio
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    freedmen / freedwomen

    General Data

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