Inscription Database

Epitaph from Habitancum – Risingham (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070456 (Last Updates: 2020-03-02, Cowey)

Transcription	Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus)	D M
Blescius	BLESCIVS
Diovicus	DIOVICVS
filiae	FILIAE
suae	SVAE
vixsit	VIXSIT
an(n)um	ANVM
I et die(s) XXI	I ET DIE XXI

Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD

Literature:

CIL 07, 01017.
RIB 1254; Zeichnungen.
E.J. Phillips, Corbridge. Hadrian's Wall east of the North Tyne, CSIR Great Britain 1, 1 (Oxford 1977) 98-99, Nr. 267; Pl. 72, 267.

Find circumstances / present location

province:

Britannia

country:

United Kingdom

ancient find spot:

Habitancum

modern find spot:

Risingham

find spot:

modern region:

Northumberland

year of find:

before 1601

present location:

Cambridge, Mus. of Archaeology and Anthropology

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:

epitaph

language:

Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:

stele

material:

Sandstein

height:

70 cm

width:

39 cm

depth:

10 cm

letter size:

2.5-3.2 cm

decoration:

present

Palaeography

punctuation:

hederae

People

Person 1

Name:

Blescius Diovicus

Nomen:

Blescius

Cognomen:

Diovicus

gender:

male

General Data

HD-Nr:

HD070456

Work Status:

checked with photo

Last Update:

2020-03-02 by Cowey

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