Inscription Database

Epitaph from Banna – Birdoswald (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD071069 (Last Updates: 2017-01-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) [M(anibus)] D [ ]
Deciba[l -] [vix(it)] DECIBA[ ] [ ]
dieb[us ---] DIEB[ ]
et Blae[s -] [vix]- ET BLAE[ ] [ ]
s[i]t a(nnis) X Et[---] S[ ]T A X ET[ ]
us frat[er ---] VS FRAT[ ]
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00539. (B)
  • CIL 07, 00866. (B)
  • RIB 1920; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 92, Nr. 225; Pl. 61, 225.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Banna
modern find spot:
Birdoswald
find spot:
modern region:
Cumbria
year of find:
1752
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:
(60) cm
width:
(31) cm
depth:
11 cm
letter size:
5.5-6.7 cm

Commentary

 
(B): Duplizierender Abdruck derselben Inschrift. (B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen in CIL 07, 00866 s. RIB 1902.

People

Person 1
Name:
Deciba[l-]
Cognomen:
Decibalus+
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Blae[s-]
Cognomen:
Blaesus+
gender:
male
Age: Years:
10
Person 3
Name:
Et[---]us
Cognomen:
Et[---]us
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD071069
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-02 by Cowey
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