Inscription Database

Epitaph from Glevum – Gloucester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069446 (Last Updates: 2020-03-06, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Rufus Sita eques c(o)ho(rtis) VI RVFVS SITA EQVES CHO VI
Tracum ann(orum) XL stip(endiorum) XXII TRACVM ANN XL STIP XXII
heredes exs test(amento) f(aciendum) curave(runt) HEREDES EXS TEST F CVRAVE
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) H S E
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00067.
  • CIL 07, 00067, add. p. 306.
  • RIB 0121; Foto u. Zeichnungen.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the Cotswold region with Devon and Cornwall, CSIR Great Britain 1, 7 (Oxford 1993) 47-48, Nr. 140; Pl. 36, 140.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Glevum
modern find spot:
Gloucester
find spot:
modern region:
Gloucestershire
year of find:
1824
present location:
Gloucester, City Mus. and Art Gall.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Kalkstein
height:
145 cm
width:
79 cm
depth:
14 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Rufus Sita
Cognomen:
Rufus Sita
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
Age: Years:
40

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD069446
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-03-06 by Cowey
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