Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069831 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Hermagor[as] HERMAGOR[ ]
et Feliciss[imus] ET FELICISS[ ]
fr[atre]s Pom[---] FR[ ]S POM[ ]
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 7, p. 292 n. 896.
  • RIB 0561; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 17, Nr. 47; Pl. 18, 47.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1887
present location:
Chester, Grosvenor Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
slab
material:
Sandstein
height:
(71) cm
width:
(57) cm
depth:
19 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Hermagor[as]
Cognomen:
Hermagoras+
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Feliciss[imus]
Cognomen:
Felicissimus+
gender:
male

General Data

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