Inscription Database

Epitaph from Vindolanda – Chesterholm (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070878 (Last Updates: 2020-03-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Ingenui INGENVI
vixit annis VIXIT ANNIS
XXIIII memses XXIIII MEMSES
IIII et dies VII IIII ET DIES VII
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00724.
  • RIB 1714; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 86-87, Nr. 210; Pl. 58, 210.

    IIIF Manifest

    Find circumstances / present location

    province:
    country:
    United Kingdom
    ancient find spot:
    Vindolanda
    modern find spot:
    Chesterholm
    find spot:
    modern region:
    Northumberland
    year of find:
    before 1810
    present location:
    Vindolanda, Museum

    Type of inscription / language

    type of inscription:
    epitaph
    language:
    Latin

    Type of monument

    type of monument:
    stele
    material:
    Sandstein
    height:
    123 cm
    width:
    67 cm
    depth:
    13 cm
    letter size:
    3.5-4 cm
    decoration:
    present

    Commentary

     
    Reliefdarstellung einer Urne.

    People

    Person 1
    Name:
    Ingenui
    Cognomen:
    Ingenuus
    gender:
    male
    Age: Years:
    24
    Age: Months:
    4
    Age: Days:
    7

    General Data

    HD-Nr:
    HD070878
    Work Status:
    checked with photo
    Last Update:
    2020-03-02 by Cowey
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