Inscription Database
Epitaph from Arbeia – South Shields (Britannia)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070294
(Last Updates: 2020-03-10, Cowey)
| Transcription | Majuscle |
| D(is) M(anibus) Victoris natione Maurum | D M VICTORIS NATIONE MAVRVM |
| [a]nnorum XX libertus Numeriani | [ ]NNORVM XX LIBERTVS NVMERIANI |
| [e]q(u)itis ala(e) I Asturum qui | [ ]QITIS ALA I ASTVRVM QVI |
| piantissime pr[ose]qu(u)tus est | PIANTISSIME PR[ ]QVTVS EST |
Chronological Data:
100 AD – 200 AD
100 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
- EphEp 7, p. 317 n. 1002.
- RIB 1064; Foto u. Zeichnung.
- E.J. Phillips, Corbridge. Hadrian's Wall east of the North Tyne, CSIR Great Britain 1, 1 (Oxford 1977) 91-92, Nr. 248; Pl. 68, 248.
Find circumstances / present location
province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Arbeia
modern find spot:
South Shields
find spot:
modern region:
Tyne and Wear
year of find:
before 1885
present location:
South Shields, Mus. and Art Gall.
Type of inscription / language
type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin
Type of monument
type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
100 cm
width:
57 cm
depth:
11 cm
letter size:
3.4-4 cm
decoration:
present
Palaeography
punctuation:
hederae
Historical relevant data
military:
present
geography:
present
People
Person 1
Name:
Victoris natione Maurum
Cognomen:
Victor
Origo:
natione Maurum
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen
Age: Years:
20
Person 2
Name:
Numeriani
Cognomen:
Numerianus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD070294
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-03-10 by Cowey
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