Inscription Database

Epitaph from Housesteads - Great Chesters, zwischen (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070811 (Last Updates: 2017-01-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---]us[---] [ ]VS[ ]
[--- vi]xit annis [ ]XIT ANNIS
[---] mensibus du- [ ] MENSIBVS DV
[obus di]ebus quinque [ ]EBVS QVINQVE
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • RIB 1639; Zeichnung.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 85, Nr. 205; Pl. 58, 205.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
Housesteads - Great Chesters, zwischen
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1935

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele?
material:
Sandstein
height:
69 cm
width:
47 cm
depth:
17 cm
letter size:
5.6-5.8 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
[---]
Praenomen:
[-]
Nomen:
[---]
Cognomen:
[---]
Age: Months:
2
Age: Days:
5

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070811
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-02 by Cowey
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