Inscription Database

Epitaph from Eburacum – York (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069933 (Last Updates: 2018-04-09, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Aur(elio) Supero cent(urioni) AVR SVPERO CENT
leg(ionis) VI qui vixit an(n)is LEG VI QVI VIXIT ANIS
XXXVIII m(ensibus) IIII d(iebus) XIII Aure- XXXVIII M IIII D XIII AVRE
lia Censorina co(n)iunx LIA CENSORINA COIVNX
memoriam possuit(!) MEMORIAM POSSVIT
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00246.
  • RIB 0670; Zeichnung.
  • S.R. Tufi, Yorkshire, CSIR Great Britain 1, 3 (Oxford 1983) 42, Nr. 63; Pl. 19, 63.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Eburacum
modern find spot:
York
find spot:
modern region:
North Yorkshire
year of find:
1835
present location:
York, Yorkshire Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
sarcophagus
material:
Sandstein
height:
62 cm
width:
230 cm
depth:
73 cm
letter size:
15.5-5.5 cm

Historical relevant data

military:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Aur. Supero
Nomen:
Aurelius*
Cognomen:
Super
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel
Age: Years:
38
Age: Months:
4
Age: Days:
13
Person 2
Name:
Aurelia Censorina
Nomen:
Aurelia
Cognomen:
Censorina
gender:
female

General Data

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