Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 104

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Lower part of a rectangular tombstone, broken vertically and across the penultimate line.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 6.1891

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 17 inches; width 32 inches

Inscription: HC SVO EST / SEPVLTVS
...] h[i]c [in] suo est sepultus
... he lies here buried in his own ground.
Statements concerning the area and ownership of the tomb and plot round it are not uncommon on Roman inscriptions in Italy and in populous districts, but even though this is a vague reference it is unusual in Britain Latin