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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1890.72.4 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name architectural fragment, inscription Description A fragment of purbeck marble said to have been found in Balkerne Lane. The inscription is only partly visible. Former curators have suggested it refers to the First Cohort of the Vardulli, a Spanish cavalry unit, which was stationed in Colchester. However, the inscription is very fragmentary. The D at the start suggests it could have been a funeral inscription with the typical DIS MANIBVS (to the spirits of the departed). Production period Roman Inscription Content D[...] / AR[...] / RE[...] / VAL[...] / TVA[...] / QUI[...] Material stone Dimensions height: 420.00 mm width: 300.00 mm depth: 20.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1890.72.4
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

architectural fragment, inscription
Description

A fragment of purbeck marble said to have been found in Balkerne Lane. The inscription is only partly visible. Former curators have suggested it refers to the First Cohort of the Vardulli, a Spanish cavalry unit, which was stationed in Colchester. However, the inscription is very fragmentary. The D at the start suggests it could have been a funeral inscription with the typical DIS MANIBVS (to the spirits of the departed).
Production period

Roman
Inscription Content

D[...] / AR[...] / RE[...] / VAL[...] / TVA[...] / QUI[...]
Material

stone
Dimensions

Details