South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone

HER Number:
900

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Tomb

Site Type: Specific:
Tombstone

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Tombstone, 22 inches x 22 inches, found in 1881 south-west of the fort. Its inscription reads: D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Au((...))dus / uix(it) anno(s) / VIIII menses VIIII / L(ucius) Arruntius Sal/uianus filio / b(ene merenti) piissimo; Sacred to the spirits of the departed: Au((...))dus lived 9 years, 9 months; Lucius Arruntius Salvianus (set this up) to his deserving and most devoted son.

Easting:
364

Northing:
675

Grid Reference:
NZ364675

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 900 >> C. Bruce, 1880, On the recent discoveries in the Roman Camp on the Lawe... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 244 and fig. W.T. Watkin,1882, Roman Inscriptions discovered in Britain in 1881, Archaeological Journal, XXXIX, 360 R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1062