Newcastle, River Tyne, Roman relief of Fortuna

HER Number:
1482

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, River Tyne, Roman relief of Fortuna

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Sculpture

Site Type: Specific:
Statue

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C3

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A relief carving, in local buff sandstone, of Fortuna was recovered from the north channel of the Tyne at the Swing Bridge in 1884. Rather worn and with some damage, it measures 0.44 metres high x 0.253 metres x 0.088 metres. It consists of a draped female figure standing in an arched niche.

Easting:
2519

Northing:
6375

Grid Reference:
NZ25196375

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1482 >> E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc I, no. 183 T. Hodgkin, 1885, Altar etc. from the Tyne,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, I (for 1882-84), 163 G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, 545 no. 4