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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2010.T64 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name potsherd Description Several sherds from the rim of a greyware vessel with graffiti on the outer body. The inscription possibly reads ENERVINVS. This isn't a standard Latin word or recognised name, making it difficult to interpret. The closest reference is 'enervatus', meaning weakened. If it is a name, the child may have been a weak baby and named to reflect this. Alternatively the contents of the vessel may have been intended to weaken the person consuming it.Former curator interpreted the inscription as FAERVIAVS. Production period Roman Inscription Content ENERVINVS Inscription Translation Weak/Feeble Material ceramic Dimensions width: 130.00 mm height: 60.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2010.T64
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

potsherd
Description

Several sherds from the rim of a greyware vessel with graffiti on the outer body. The inscription possibly reads ENERVINVS. This isn't a standard Latin word or recognised name, making it difficult to interpret. The closest reference is 'enervatus', meaning weakened. If it is a name, the child may have been a weak baby and named to reflect this. Alternatively the contents of the vessel may have been intended to weaken the person consuming it.Former curator interpreted the inscription as FAERVIAVS.
Production period

Roman
Inscription Content

ENERVINVS
Inscription Translation

Weak/Feeble
Material

ceramic
Dimensions
Location

In Store

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