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Name: Valerius Rom(anus)
Date: 200-399 AD
Now kept: Museum der Stadt Worms, Worms, Germany
Publications: W.Boppert, Militärische Grabdenkmäler aus Worms und Umgebung CSIR Deutschland II.10 (Mainz 1998), 54.
Findspot: Near the Mariamünster convent, Worms, Germany (Borbetomagus, Germania Superior)
References: CIL XIII 06239
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Inscription

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Inscription: D(is) M(anibus) /
Val(erius) Rom[3]/
ci(vis) Texan[der? 3] /
qu[i vix(it)] a(nnis?) II[3] /
[6] /[6] /
[3]AI[3] /
[3]I[
Translation: To the gods of the dead
Valerius Rom(anus), of the tribe Texander(?), who lived .2 years (lies here).

Comments

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Unit: [none known]
Rank: Cavalryman, unit unknown
Now kept: Worms
Style: Galloping rider
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Wednesday, 07 January 2009
Comments: This tombstone, as can be seen on the black and white picture, used to be in a better state when at least some of the details were visible and part of the inscription was legible.
Photos © Jasper Oorthuys. BW photo from Boppert.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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