Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069798 (Last Updates: 2019-05-20, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Q(uintus) Cornelius Q CORNELIVS
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Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 9, p. 548 n. 1081.
  • RIB 0528; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 17, Nr. 46; Pl. 18, 46.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Deva
modern find spot:
Chester
find spot:
modern region:
Cheshire
year of find:
1891
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:
(76) cm
width:
71 cm
depth:
20 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Q. Cornelius
Praenomen:
Q.
Nomen:
Cornelius
gender:
male

General Data

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