Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 71

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Top of a tombstone with the top and most of the text broken away. The bust of the deceased, Quintus Cornelius, bearded and moustached, occupies a moulded pedestal, above an inscribed pedestal flanked by spiral columns. On either side of the bust stand, looking outwards, damaged kilted figures, otherwise apparently naked, who are probably slave attendants.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 9.1891

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 28 inches; width 30 inches

Inscription: D M / Q CORNELIVS
D(is) M(anibus) Q(uintus) Cornelius [...
To the departed spirits, Quintus Cornelius...
Latin