Inscription Database

Building/dedicatory inscription from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD020925 (Last Updates: 2017-10-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---] Matre(!) [ ] MATRE
[---] opus quod [ ] OPVS QVOD
[conlapsum in rui]nam restitutum est [ ]NAM RESTITVTVM EST
Chronological Data:
43 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1940, 0107. (B)
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 29, 1939, 225, Nr. 1. - AE 1940. (B)
  • RIB 0455; Zeichnung.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1938
present location:
Chester, Grosvenor Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
building/dedicatory inscription
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Sandstein
height:
(33) cm
width:
(35) cm
depth:
12 cm

Commentary

 
(B): In Z. 1 stellt die Schreibweise Matre möglicherweise eine Fehlschreibung von Matri oder Matrib(us) dar.

General Data

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