Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 89

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone, much worn and broken. In a panel two figures, now headless, stand side by side. The husband, on the right, wears a tunic reaching to the ankles, with long-tailed sleeves over which a cloak falls to a point in front. His left hand holds, by the strings, a dangling purse, the right a thin roll, perhaps his will. The wife wears a long robe, with over-fall to the knees, and a wrap which hangs over her right shoulder and envelopes her left arm. Her right hand holds an object, with long straight handle and teeth, probably a weaving comb. Under the female figure is her name, Voconia Nigrina, and under the man, his name, G Val Victor (Gaius Valerius Victor).

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 11.1890

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 45 inches; width 34 inches

Inscription: underneath the female figure VOCONIA / NIGRINA
Voconia Nigrina
Voconia Nigrina
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