Inscription Database

Epitaph from Vercovicium – Housesteads (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070790 (Last Updates: 2017-01-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Anicio ANICIO
Ingenuo INGENVO
medico MEDICO
ord(inario) coh(ortis) ORD COH
I Tungr(orum) vix(it) an(nos) XXV I TVNGR VIX AN XXV
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00690.
  • RIB 1618; Zeichnungen.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 82, Nr. 198; Pl. 56, 198.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Vercovicium
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
before 1813
present location:
Newcastle upon Tyne, Great North Museum, Hancock

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Sandstein
height:
151 cm
width:
76 cm
depth:
18 cm
letter size:
8.6-7.4 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
geography:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Anicio Ingenuo
Nomen:
Anicius
Cognomen:
Ingenuus
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070790
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2017-01-02 by Cowey
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