Inscription Database

Epitaph from Deva – Chester (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069814 (Last Updates: 2020-02-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---] [ ]
opt[i]onis ad spem OPT[ ]ONIS AD SPEM
ordinis |(centuria) Lucili ORDINIS | LVCILI
Ingenui qui INGENVI QVI
naufragio perit NAVFRAGIO PERIT
s(itus) e(st) S E
Chronological Data:
43 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • EphEp 9, p. 551 n. 1094.
  • ILS 2441.
  • RIB 0544; Zeichnung.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 20, Nr. 55; Pl. 20, 55.

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:
tabula?
material:
Sandstein
height:
(99) cm
width:
83 cm
depth:
21 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
[---]
Praenomen:
[-]
Nomen:
[---]
Cognomen:
[---]
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Person 2
Name:
Lucili Ingenui
Nomen:
Lucilius
Cognomen:
Ingenuus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

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