Inscription Database

Epitaph from Brocolitia – Carrawburgh (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070739 (Last Updates: 2017-12-11, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Ael(iae) Comindo AEL COMINDO
annorum XXXII ANNORVM XXXII
Nobilianus dec(urio) NOBILIANVS DEC
coniugi car[i]ss[i]m(ae) p(osuit) CONIVGI CAR[ ]SS[ ]M P
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 3, p. 135 n. 108.
  • RIB 1561; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 81, Nr. 194; Pl. 55, 194.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    United Kingdom
    ancient find spot:
    Brocolitia
    modern find spot:
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Northumberland
    year of find:
    1873
    present location:
    Chesters, Mus.

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    stele?
    material:
    Sandstein
    height:
    (104) cm
    width:
    84 cm
    depth:
    1 cm
    letter size:
    6.2-7.8 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Historical relevant data

    military:
    present

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    Ael. Comindo
    Nomen:
    Aelia*
    Cognomen:
    Comindus
    gender:
    female
    Age: Years:
    32
    Person 2
    Name:
    Nobilianus
    Cognomen:
    Nobilianus
    gender:
    male
    Status:
    military personnel

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD070739
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2017-12-11 by Cowey
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