Tombstone found on October 21, 1810

Archeological Discoveries

Tombstone found in the amphitheater on October 21, 1810
50 cm x 64 cm

Translation of the inscription:
"To Gaius Asvius Atepilla, son of Gaius Asvius…, to his father Messius Paternus, son of Atessas, her husband; Asvia, daughter of Asvius, for herself and for her father and her husband, ordered in her will the erection of this tombstone."

The names Atepilla and Atessas are Celtic, as was probably the origin of the people. The inscription must have been below portraits.

photo © City of Nîmes

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