Inscription Database

Epitaph from Eburacum – York (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD069945 (Last Updates: 2016-12-30, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Ael(ie) Severe honeste femine AEL SEVERE HONESTE FEMINE
coniugi Caec(ili) Rufi quond(am) CONIVGI CAEC RVFI QVOND
v(ixit) an(nos) XXVII m(enses) VIIII d(ies) IIII Caec(ilius) V AN XXVII M VIIII D IIII CAEC
Musicus lib(ertus) e(i)us p(osuit) MVSICVS LIB EVS P
Chronological Data:
171 AD – 230 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00249.
  • RIB 0683; Zeichnung.
  • S.R. Tufi, Yorkshire, CSIR Great Britain 1, 3 (Oxford 1983) 42-43, Nr. 64; Pl. 19, 64.

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:
1859
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:
60 cm
width:
224 cm
depth:
72 cm
letter size:
13-7.6 cm
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Ael. Severe
Nomen:
Aelia*
Cognomen:
Severa
gender:
female
Age: Years:
27
Age: Months:
9
Age: Days:
4
Person 2
Name:
Caec. Rufi
Nomen:
Caecilius*
Cognomen:
Rufus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Caec. Musicus
Nomen:
Caecilius*
Cognomen:
Musicus
gender:
male
Status:
freedmen / freedwomen

General Data

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