Inscription Database

Epitaph from Aesica – Great Chesters (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD070906 (Last Updates: 2017-01-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D(is) M(anibus) D M
Ael(io) Mercu- AEL MERCV
riali cornicul(ario) RIALI CORNICVL
Vacia soror fecit VACIA SOROR FECIT
Chronological Data:
122 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00739.
  • RIB 1742; Zeichnung.
  • J.C. Coulston - E.J. Phillips, Hadrian's Wall west of the North Tyne, and Carlisle, CSIR Great Britain 1, 6 (Oxford 1988) 87-88, Nr. 213; Pl. 59, 213.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Aesica
modern find spot:
Great Chesters
find spot:
modern region:
Northumberland
year of find:
before 1732
present location:
verschollen

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele
material:
Gesteine
decoration:
present

People

Person 1
Name:
Ael. Mercuriali
Nomen:
Aelius*
Cognomen:
Mercurialis
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Vacia
Cognomen:
Vacia
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD070906
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2017-01-02 by Cowey
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