Inscription Database

Epitaph from Viroconium – Wroxeter (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069590 (Last Updates: 2020-03-10, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Tib(erius) Claud(ius) Tiri- TIB CLAVD TIRI
ntius eq(ues) coh(ortis) [--] NTIVS EQ COH [ ]
Thracum an[n]- THRACVM AN[ ]
orum LVII sti[p]- ORVM LVII STI[ ]
endior(um) XX[---] h(ic) s(itus) [e(st)] ENDIOR XX[ ] H S [ ]
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 100 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00158. (B)
  • RIB 0291; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 47, Nr. 146; Pl. 41, 146.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Viroconium
modern find spot:
Wroxeter
find spot:
modern region:
Shropshire
year of find:
1783
present location:
Shrewsbury, Mus. and Art Gall.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele?
material:
Sandstein
height:
(102) cm
width:
64 cm
depth:
18 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Reliefdarstellung eines Reiters über liegenden Feind. (B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen s. RIB 0291.

People

Person 1
Name:
Tib. Claud. Tirintius
Praenomen:
Ti.
Nomen:
Claudius*
Cognomen:
Tirintius
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
57

General Data

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