Inscription Database

Epitaph from Aesica – Great Chesters (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070907 (Last Updates: 2017-01-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Dis Manib(us) DIS MANIB
L(ucius) Novell(ius) Lan- L NOVELL LAN
uccus c(ivis) R(omanus) an(norum) LXX VCCVS C R AN LXX
Novel(lia) Iustina NOVEL IVSTINA
fil(ia) FIL
[f(aciendum)] c(uravit) [ ] C
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 9, p. 596 n. 1198. (B)
  • RIB 1743; Zeichnung.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 88-89, Nr. 215; Pl. 59, 215.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Aesica
modern find spot:
Great Chesters
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
1897
present location:
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great North Museum, Hancock

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
163 cm
width:
63 cm
depth:
23 cm
letter size:
8-5.3 cm

Commentary

 
(B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen s. RIB 1743.

People

Person 1
Name:
L. Novell. Lanuccus
Praenomen:
L.
Nomen:
Novellius*
Cognomen:
Lanuccus
gender:
male
Age: Years:
70
Person 2
Name:
Novel. Iustina
Nomen:
Novellia*
Cognomen:
Iustina
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070907
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-02 by Cowey
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