Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069813 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Voconia VOCONIA
Nigrina NIGRINA
 
G(aius) Val(erius) Victor G VAL VICTOR
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 9, p. 554 n. 1105.
  • RIB 0543; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 18, Nr. 51; Pl. 19, 51.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1890
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:
(114) cm
width:
86 cm
depth:
10 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Voconia Nigrina
Nomen:
Voconia
Cognomen:
Nigrina
gender:
female
Person 2
Name:
G. Val. Victor
Praenomen:
C.
Nomen:
Valerius*
Cognomen:
Victor
gender:
male

General Data

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