Inscription Database

Owner/artist inscription from Onnum – Halton Chesters (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD013558 (Last Updates: 2020-03-10, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Nepos NEPOS
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1969/70, 0319.
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 59, 1969, 243, Nr. 50. - AE 1969/70.
  • RIB 2501, 408; Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Onnum
modern find spot:
Halton Chesters
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1958
present location:
Newcastle upon Tyne, Mus. of Antiq.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
owner/artist inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
instrumentum domesticum
material:
Ton

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Commentary

 
Graffito.

People

Person 1
Name:
Nepos
Cognomen:
Nepos
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD013558
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2020-03-10 by Cowey
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