Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 45

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone of Legion XX Valeria Victrix. Tombstone, broken both above and below. At the bottom of the broken panel survive the forelegs and one hind hoof of a horse moving to the right, and the outlines of a sitting barbarian either much damaged or unfinished. On a panel below is the inscription, now broken at the end.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 11.1890

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 29 inches; width 25 inches

Inscription: D M / G IVL SEVERVS / EQ LEG XX VV / VIXIT AN / XXXX
D(is) M(anibus) G(aius) Iul(ius) Severus eq(ues) leg(ionis) XX V(aleriae) V(ictricis) vixit an(nos) xxxx [...
To the departed spirits, Gaius Julius Severus, horseman in the Twentieth Legion, Valeria Victrix, lived 40 years ....
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