Tyne and Wear HER(5311): Benwell, Condercum Fort, Part of Altar - Details
5311
Newcastle
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Part of Altar
Benwell
NZ26SW
Religion or Ritual
Religious Structural Object
Altar
Roman
Find
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
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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