Tyne and Wear HER(1460): Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman altar - Details
1460
Newcastle
Newcastle, Castle Garth, Roman altar
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Religion or Ritual
Religious Structural Object
Altar
Roman
C2-C4
Find
An altar, 16 x 30 inches, found in 1929 on the site of the Roman fort near the south-west corner of the Castle Keep, Newcastle, 3 feet below the pavement. Inscribed: ((I(oui))) O(ptimo) M(aximo) et / ((Nu))mini((.../.../((D))is Hospital(ibus) /... S((..))AE / ((... - To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, and to the Deity ((of the Emperor...)) and to the gods of hospitality... About 10 letters are erased, presumably the names of an emperor, suggesting the altar cannot be earlier than the reign of Commodus, the first emperor to be so treated after the building of the Wall.
2504
6385
NZ25046385
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R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1317
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