Inscription Database

Epitaph from Londinium – London (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001003 (Last Updates: 2019-04-23, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
 
[et m]emoriae [ ]EMORIAE
[perpe]tuitati [ ]TVITATI
[Aureli(iae)] Marcianae [ ] MARCIANAE
[quae vix]it ann(os) X [ ]IT ANN X
[m(enses) --- d(ies) ---] Aurel(ius) [ ] AVREL
[--- d]ec(urio) c(oloniae) [ ]EC C
[---]RTI [ ]RTI
[--- ei]us f(aciundum) c(uravit) [ ]VS F C
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1982, 0655. (B)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 13, 1982, 396, Nr. 1; pl. 39. - AE 1982. (B)
  • RIB 3003; Foto u. Zeichnung.
  • P. Coombe - F. Grew - K. Hayward - M. Henig, Roman sculpture from London and the South-East, CSIR Great Britain 1, 10 (Oxford 2015) 50-51, Nr. 84; Pl. 46, 84.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Londinium
modern find spot:
London
find spot:
modern region:
London
year of find:
1980
present location:
London, Mus. of London

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Oolith
height:
(73) cm
width:
65 cm
depth:
23 cm
letter size:
5.5-3 cm
decoration:
present

Palaeography

punctuation:
hederae

Commentary

 
Die Inschrift besteht aus 9 aneinanderpassenden Fragmenten. Wiederverwendung im Stadtmauerfundament. (B): Z. 2 [m]emoriae statt [et m]emoriae. Z. 4 [---] Marcianae statt [Aureli(iae)] Marcianae. Z. 6 [---] Aurel(ius) statt [m(enses) 3 d(ies) 3] Aurel(ius). Z. 7 [---]EC C statt[--- d]ec(urio) c(oloniae). Z. 10 [---]us f(aciendum) c(uravit) [?pater ei]us f(aciundum) c(uravit).

People

Person 1
Name:
[Aurel.] Marcianae
Nomen:
Aurelia+*
Cognomen:
Marciana
gender:
female
Age: Years:
10
Person 2
Name:
[-] Aurel. [---]
Praenomen:
[-]
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
[---]
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001003
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-04-23 by Cowey
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