South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone
South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone
HER Number
900
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields vicus, Roman tombstone
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Tomb
Site Type: Specific
Tombstone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Tombstone, 22 inches x 22 inches, found in 1881 south-west of the fort. Its inscription reads: D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Au((...))dus / uix(it) anno(s) / VIIII menses VIIII / L(ucius) Arruntius Sal/uianus filio / b(ene merenti) piissimo; Sacred to the spirits of the departed: Au((...))dus lived 9 years, 9 months; Lucius Arruntius Salvianus (set this up) to his deserving and most devoted son.
Easting
436400
Northing
567500
Grid Reference
NZ436400567500
Sources
<< HER 900 >> C. Bruce, 1880, On the recent discoveries in the Roman Camp on the Lawe... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 244 and fig.
W.T. Watkin,1882, Roman Inscriptions discovered in Britain in 1881, Archaeological Journal, XXXIX, 360
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1062
W.T. Watkin,1882, Roman Inscriptions discovered in Britain in 1881, Archaeological Journal, XXXIX, 360
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1062