Inscription Database

Epitaph from Luguvalium – Carlisle (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070195 (Last Updates: 2017-01-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) Aur(elia) Aurelia(na) vixsit D M AVR AVRELIA VIXSIT
annos XXXXI Ulpius ANNOS XXXXI VLPIVS
Apolinaris coniugi carissime APOLINARIS CONIVGI CARISSIME
posuit POSVIT
Chronological Data:
226 AD – 275 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00931. (B)
  • CIL 07, 00931, add. p. 311.
  • RIB 0959; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 165-166, Nr. 493; Pl. 110, 493.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Luguvalium
modern find spot:
Carlisle
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
1829
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:
162 cm
width:
85 cm
depth:
19 cm
letter size:
4.1-3.5 cm
decoration:
present

Commentary

 
(B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen s. RIB 0959.

People

Person 1
Name:
Aur. Aurelia.
Nomen:
Aurelia*
Cognomen:
Aureliana*
gender:
female
Age: Years:
41
Person 2
Name:
Ulpius Apolinaris
Nomen:
Ulpius
Cognomen:
Apolinaris
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070195
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-20 by Cowey
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