Inscribed tombstone

Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 103

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Lower right-hand corner of a tombstone with chip-carving along the right border.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 6.1891

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 13 inches; width 25 inches

Inscription: MAN / BERI / VIX AN LXX / TO TIBERIA H F C
[D(is)] Man(ibus) [...]beri [...]vix(it) an(nos) lxx [ex testamen]to Tiberia h(eres) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
To the spirits of the departed, (and) of [...]berius ... lived 70 years; by his will Tiberia, his heir, had this set up.
Latin


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