Inscribed tombstone

Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 86

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Upper part of a plain gable-topped tombstone, much worn.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 5.1891

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 23 inches; width 28 inches

Inscription: D M / G VALERI / G C V MILT
D(is) M(anibus) G(ai) Valeri G(ai fili) C[la]u(dia tribu) mil(i)t(is) [...
To the spirits of the departed (and) of Gaius Valerius, son of Gaius, of the Claudian voting-tribe, soldier...
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