Accession No

D 1970.15


Description

Rectangular, fragmentary stone altar or tombstone for a Norican tribesman. Inscribed.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Northumberland; Halton Chesters


Period

Roman


Source

Trinity College, Cambridge [depositor]; Cotton, Robert (Sir) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

D 1970.15; RIB 1433


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

175mm x 380mm x 540mm Weight 63.0kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of tombstone or alter of Norican tribesman. With inscription (see Context for translation).
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Other owners)
Ex Cotton Collection
Event Date 13/10/1993
Author: maa


Context (References)
(Bib): Haverfield. Transactions of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. 1911, xi, p. 344.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne Natural History Transactions. 1831-1939. XVIII.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Horsley, J. Britannia Romana. 1732, p. 214.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Camden, W. Britannia. 1607, ed. 6, p. 666.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Bruce, J.C. Lapidarium Septentrionale. 1870-5, p. 87.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 1863. Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii p. 571.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Analysis)
Collingwood and Wright translation of inscription reads: '..., a Norican tribesman, aged 30; Messorius Magnus, his brother, duplicarius of the Sabinian Cavalry Regiment, had this set up.' See Collingwood and Wright for transcription.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Acquisition Details)
'Tombstone, seen about 1600 by Bainbrigg at Halton' (Collingwood and Wright, number 1433).
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Bainbrigg, R. British Museum MS. Cotton Julius F. VI, f. 353 [334].
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
(Bib): Northumberland County History. I-xv, 1893-1941. X, 172, no. 9.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Rectangular, fragmentary stone altar or tombstone for a Norican tribesman. Inscribed.
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:63182

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