Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069753 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
L(ucius) Valerius L VALERIVS
L(uci) f(ilius) Claudia L F CLAVDIA
Seneca Savar(ia) SENECA SAVAR
[mil]es leg(ionis) II ad(iutricis) [ ]ES LEG II AD
[p(iae) f(idelis) ---] [ ]
Chronological Data:
78 AD – 84 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 9, p. 540 n. 1053.
  • RIB 0480; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 11, Nr. 26; Pl. 13, 26.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1891
present location:
Chester, Grosvenor Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
(76) cm
width:
81 cm
depth:
24 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
L. Valerius L.f. Claudia Seneca Savar.
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Valerius
Cognomen:
Seneca
Tribus:
Claudia
Origo:
Savaria*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

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