Collection Item: Tombstone of Flavia Augustina

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Collection
Archaeology
Title
Tombstone of Flavia Augustina
Object name
Tombstone
Object category
Roman
Description
Family group with inscription. Described in Eboracum as 'Tombstone, of gritstone, rectangular, 2ft 11ins by 5ft 10ins. A moulded rectangular frame encloses an aedicula with spiral columns and a double-headed niche; in the spandrels at the head are stylised roses. The relief shows Caeresius and Flavia Augustina standing side by side with two sons in front; all wear cloaks. The parents each carry a scroll, while each child grasps a ball. The inscription is in a simple moulded panel below. Found in 1859, reused as a lid for coffin ...on the Driffield Estate, The Mount... D(IS) M(ANIBVS) FLAVIAE AVGVSTINAE; VIXIT AN(ANOS) XXXVIIII M(ENSES) VII D(IES) XI FILIVS; S...NIVS AVGVSTINVS VIXIT AN(NVM) I D(IES) III; ..... VIXIT AN(NUM) I M(ENSES) VIIII D(IES) V CAERESIVS; ....INVS VET(ERANVS) LEG(IONIS) VI VIC(TRICIS) CONIVGI CARI; SSIMAE ET SIBI F(ACIVNDVM) C(VRAVIT) 'To the spirits of the departed. To Flavia Augstina. She lived 39 years, 7 months, 11 days. Her son, ...nius Augustinus, lived 1 year 3 days, .... lived 1 year, 9 months, 5 days. Caeresius [August]inus, veteran of the Sixth Legion Victorius, has (this stone) made for his dearest wife and himself.' The inscription is not well preserved, and the letters have been painted in red in modern times, not always correctly. The text given here is based upon careful examination of the incised strokes. The children in the relief are represented as older than their stated ages. On the sinister side of the stone, near the top, a mason's square and hammer are incised.'
Production date start
44
Production date end
410
Period
Roman

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Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1998.18
Number of objects
1
ID
1082

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Stone (Whole)
Gritstone (Whole)

Find spot

Place
York

Production

Technique
Carved