Inscription Database

Epitaph from Corinium Dobunnorum – Cirencester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069434 (Last Updates: 2017-05-23, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Sextus Vale- SEXTVS VALE
rius Genialis RIVS GENIALIS
eq(u)es alae Trhaec(um) EQES ALAE TRHAEC
civis Frisia(v)us tur(ma) CIVIS FRISIAVS TVR
Genialis an(norum) XXXX st(ipendiorum) XX GENIALIS AN XXXX ST XX
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) (h)e(res) f(aciendum) c(uravit) H S E E F C
Chronological Data:
43 AD – 75 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00068. (B)
  • CIL 07, 00068, add. p. 306.
  • EphEp 7, p. 280 n. 835.
  • RIB 0109; Foto u. Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the Cotswold region with Devon and Cornwall, CSIR Great Britain 1, 7 (Oxford 1993) 45-46, Nr. 137; Pl. 35, 137.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Corinium Dobunnorum
modern find spot:
Cirencester
find spot:
modern region:
Gloucestershire
year of find:
1836
present location:
Cirencester, Corinium Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Oolith
height:
210 cm
width:
81 cm
depth:
24 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen s. RIB 0109.

People

Person 1
Name:
Sextus Valerius Genialis
Praenomen:
Sex.
Nomen:
Valerius
Cognomen:
Genialis
Origo:
civis Frisiavus*
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
Age: Years:
40
Person 2
Name:
Genialis
Cognomen:
Genialis
gender:
male
Status:
decurial order, higher local offices

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD069434
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-05-23 by Cowey
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