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5311


Newcastle


Benwell, Condercum Fort, Part of Altar


Benwell


NZ26SW


Religion or Ritual


Religious Structural Object


Altar


Roman



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Part of an altar, 6 x 9 inches, with plain sides; found around 1863 near Benwell. …]TROIUS C(ENTURIO) ET S(UI) U(OTUM) S(OLUERUNT) L(AETI) L(IBENTES) M(ERITO) '… troius, centurion, and his family gladly, willingly, and deservedly fulfilled their vow'. RIB 1339. Museum of Antiquities 1864.1


216


647


NZ216647



<< HER 5311 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 443, no. 1339 Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 556, no 14 with fig no 77 Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits

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