Element record MCC2677 - Tombstone fragment from Balkerne Hill

Summary

Fragment of a Roman tombstone

Location

Grid reference TL 9922 2502 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Fragment from the left margin of a Purbeck marble tombstone; found in 1889 in Balkerne Lane, Colchester. Now in Colchester Museum. Reads 'To the spirits of the departed...of the First Cohort of Va....who served....by contributions..' <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Collingwood, R.G.. 1965. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Inscriptions on stone. I. p200.

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2001 12:00AM

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