Inscription Database

Epitaph from Isca Silurum – Caerleon (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069643 (Last Updates: 2018-04-09, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Aurelius Hercula- AVRELIVS HERCVLA
nus aeques vixit an- NVS AEQVES VIXIT AN
nos XXVIII coniux f- NOS XXVIII CONIVX F
aciendum curavi- ACIENDVM CVRAVI
t T
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00118.
  • RIB 0356; Zeichnung.
  • R.J. Brewer, Wales, CSIR Great Britain 1, 5 (Oxford 1986) 18, Nr. 20; Pl. 9, 20.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Isca Silurum
modern find spot:
Caerleon
find spot:
modern region:
Gwent
year of find:
before 1848
present location:
Caerleon, Nat. Rom. Leg. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
71 cm
width:
78 cm
depth:
38 cm
letter size:
4.7-5 cm

People

Person 1
Name:
Aurelius Herculanus
Nomen:
Aurelius
Cognomen:
Herculanus
gender:
male
Status:
equestrian order
Age: Years:
28

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD069643
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2018-04-09 by Cowey
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