Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069762 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
M(arcus) Aur(elius) Nepos |(centurio) leg(ionis) M AVR NEPOS | LEG
XX V(aleriae) v(ictricis) coniux XX V V CONIVX
pientissima f(aciendum) c(uravit) PIENTISSIMA F C
vix(it) annis L VIX ANNIS L
 
sub asci- SVB ASCI
a d(edicatum) A D
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 7, p. 291 n. 889.
  • RIB 0491; Foto u. Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 12-13, Nr. 33; Pl. 15, 33.

IIIF Manifest

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1887
present location:
Chester, Grosvenor Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
185 cm
width:
88 cm
depth:
20 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
M. Aur. Nepos
Praenomen:
M.
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
Nepos
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
70

General Data

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