Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 113

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Upper part of a tombstone, broken into four fragments. A flat-topped gable adorned with a pair of dolphins encloses a huge shell, which overlaps a high-backed couch. Here reclines the deceased lady, with waved hair parted centrally, benign countenance, and a cup clasped to the chest. Her legs and left arm are draped. The baluster legs of the couch stand upon two block-like masses, between which appears a three-legged table.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (East), Chester

Date: 9.1887

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 38 inches; width 34 inches

Inscription: D M / MINA
D(is) M(anibus) [...]mina [...
To the spirits of the departed, ...mina...
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