Benwell, Condercum Fort, Altar to Antenociticus

HER Number:
5275

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Altar to Antenociticus

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Religious Structural Object

Site Type: Specific:
Altar

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C2

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An altar found in 1862 south-east of the Roman Fort in the Temple of Antenociticus (HER 5266). It measured 20 x 51 inches. The inscription read: DEO/ANTENOCITICO/ET NUMINIB(US)/AUGUSTOR(UM)/AEL(IUS) VIBIUS/C(ENTURIO) LEG(IONIS) XX V(ALERIAE) V(ICTRICIS)/U(OTUM) S(OLUIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO) which means "To the god Antenociticus and to the deities of the Emperors Aelius Vibius, Centurion of the twentieth legion Valeria Victrix, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow". Height 1.277 metres, width 0.505 metres, depth 0.50 metres. Originally on a concrete foundation. On left side a knife and wreath, on right a jug and wreath. Museum of Antiquities No. 1887.24. RIB 1327.

Easting:
2171

Northing:
6467

Grid Reference:
NZ21716467

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5275 >> Bruce, 1862, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VI, p 153-5 E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, p81, in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 436 no. 1327