Element record MCC2675 - Tombstone, Colchester Grammar School
Summary
Part of a purbeck marble Roman tombstone
Location
| Grid reference | TL 9872 2481 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL92SE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Part of an inscription was found during terracing at the Colchester Grammar School in 1909, made from a thinnish slab of Purbeck marble dedicated to a Roman soldier <2> Lower part of a Purbeck marble tombstone, 14.5 x 9 x 1.5 with lower and right margins intact and with left margin still retaining part of a bevel. Now in Colchester Museum, reads 'Macri....us, Roman knight, lived 20 years: Valeria Frontina, his wife, and Florius Cogitatus and Florius Fidelis set this up' <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p254.
- <2> SCC673 Serial: 1892-1957. The Essex Review. xix p.164.
- <3> SCC664 Monograph: Collingwood, R.G.. 1965. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Inscriptions on stone. I. p66.
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Record last edited
Jun 13 2001 12:00AM