Inscribed tombstone

Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 88

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Upper part of a gable-topped tombstone, with foliate ornament in the gable.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 1892

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 39 inches; width 30 inches

Inscription: DIS MAN / L VALERIVS L / ALA IA PVD ... III ...
Dis Man(ibus) L(ucius) Valerius L(uci filius) [S]ala[p]ia Pud [...] iii [...
To the spirits of the departed, Lucius Valerius Pud[...], son of Lucius, of Salapia...
Salapia is in Italy. Latin


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