Inscription Database

Epitaph from Vercovicium – Housesteads (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070793 (Last Updates: 2020-02-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Au[---] AV[ ]
Meni[---] MENI[ ]
filiae [---]- FILIAE [ ]
ni coni[ugi] NI CONI[ ]
M(arcus) Aurel(ius) C[---] M AVREL C[ ]
vicxit a[nnos] VICXIT A[ ]
XXXVII XXXVII
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 01016.
  • RIB 1621; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 82-83, Nr. 199; Pl. 56, 199.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vercovicium
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
before 1822
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:
tabula?
material:
Sandstein
height:
(63) cm
width:
(59) cm
depth:
14 cm
letter size:
6-3.6 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Au[---] Meni[---]
Nomen:
Aurelia+?
Cognomen:
Meni[---]
gender:
female
Age: Years:
37
Person 2
Name:
M. Aurel. C[---]
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
C[---]
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070793
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-02-17 by Cowey
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