Inscription Database

Epitaph from Brocolitia – Carrawburgh (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070739 (Last Updates: 2017-12-11, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Ael(iae) Comindo AEL COMINDO
annorum XXXII ANNORVM XXXII
Nobilianus dec(urio) NOBILIANVS DEC
coniugi car[i]ss[i]m(ae) p(osuit) CONIVGI CAR[ ]SS[ ]M P
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 3, p. 135 n. 108.
  • RIB 1561; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 81, Nr. 194; Pl. 55, 194.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Brocolitia
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1873
present location:
Chesters, Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele?
material:
Sandstein
height:
(104) cm
width:
84 cm
depth:
1 cm
letter size:
6.2-7.8 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Ael. Comindo
Nomen:
Aelia*
Cognomen:
Comindus
gender:
female
Age: Years:
32
Person 2
Name:
Nobilianus
Cognomen:
Nobilianus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070739
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-12-11 by Cowey
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