Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069828 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Fl(avi) Callimor- FL CALLIMOR
phi vix(it) an(n)i(s) XXXXII PHI VIX ANI XXXXII
et Serapioni vix(it) ET SERAPIONI VIX
ann(is) III m(ensibus) VI Thesa- ANN III M VI THESA
eus fratri et filio EVS FRATRI ET FILIO
f(aciendum) c(uravit) F C
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 3, p. 120 n. 69.
  • RIB 0558; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 23-24, Nr. 68; Pl. 23, 68.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1874
present location:
Chester, Grosvenor Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
127 cm
width:
66 cm
depth:
18 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Fl. Callimorphi
Nomen:
Flavius*
Cognomen:
Callimorphus
gender:
male
Age: Years:
42
Person 2
Name:
Serapioni
Cognomen:
Serapion
Age: Years:
3
Age: Months:
6
Person 3
Name:
Thesaeus
Cognomen:
Thesaeus
gender:
male

General Data

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