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Roman gravestone (Aurelius Herculanus)
With the upper part of the gable and the rest of the stone below the text broken off.
Aurelius Herculanus – Horseman
D(is) M(anibus) / Aurelius Hercula/nus aeques vixit an/nos XXVIII coniux f/aciendum curavi/t
‘To the spirits of the departed; Aurelius Herculanus, trooper, lived 28 years; his wife had this set up.’
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/26.6
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon, Newport: Gwent
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1848
Notes: found in the Roman burial area approximately a third of a mile north-east of Caerleon in the second cutting of the Monmouth branch of the South Wales Railway
Acquisition
donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
length / mm:788
width / mm:712
Material
Stone
Location
Caerleon: Inscriptions (open display)
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