Context (Related Documents)
Old exhibition label in archive.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Hodgson, J. (1827-40). History of Northumberland. Part ii, 3 vols., edited by J. Raine. Part iii, 3 vols, 1820-35.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Lamborn, P.S. Haec Romanorum monumenta, a Roberto Cotton Baronetto in Angliae partibus boreis undique conquisita, et in villam suam de Cunnington in agro Huntingoniensi comportata, tandem anno 1750 in Collegium S. Trin: Cant: sumptibus suis transferenda curavit Iohannes Cotton de Stratton Baronettus.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
(1831-1939). Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne Natural History Transactions. vol. LIII.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
(Bib): Horsley, J. Britannia Romana. 1732, 225.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Other owners)
Ex Cotton Collection.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Bainbrigg, R. British Museum MS. Cotton Julius F. VI f. 345 [326].
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Altar, seen in 1599 by Bainbrigg and Camden at Melkridge, 2 miles east of Haltwhistle. Right side plain, except for continuation of decoration on the capital; left side inaccessible (Collingwood and Wright 1965).
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Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Altar to the Syrian goddess, put up in the governorship of Calpurnius Agricola.
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Author: maa

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Context (References)
Camden, W. (1600). Britannia. ed. 5, p. 719.
Event Date 1600
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Camden, W. (1607) Britannia. ed. 6, p 660.
Event Date 1607
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
(Bib): Speed, J. Theatre of the empire of Great Britain, ed. 2, 1616, map p. 89.
Event Date 1616
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Bruce, J.C. (1855). Archaeological Journal, xii. p. 225 with fig.
Event Date 1855
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 1863. Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii p. 758.
Event Date 1863
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Bruce, J.C. (1870-5) Lapidarium Septentrionale. p. 303.
Event Date 1870
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Haverfield. (1911). Transactions of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. xi, p. 368.
Event Date 1911
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
Collingwood and Wright translation of inscription reads: 'To the Syrian Goddess, under Calpurnius Agricola, emperor's propraetorian legate, Licinius Clemens, prefect of the First Cohort of Hamians, (set this up)'. See Collingwood and Wright for transcription.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol 1: Inscriptions on Stone. Clarendon Press: 1965.Number 1792.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Field collection)
Collingwood and Wright note that 'Camdem assigned [the altar] to Housesteads, Horsley to Chesterholm, and Hodgson correctly to Carvoran, as it was dedicated by the commandant of that garrison. It had either been set up some distance from the fort of from Carvoran had been transported some 5 miles east to Melkridge. See Haverfield, loc. cit.'
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Field collection)
Found: Probably from Carvoran, near Haltwhistle.
Event Date 13/10/1993
Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
UNID (D 1970.4.2) record: Large piece of stone with inscription and decorated with an interlaced pattern. ?Roman
Event Date 2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Physical description)
TEMP record (for D 1970.4.2): The top part of possibly a funerary monument with the remains of an inscription and a wide pattern of three different motifs joined together around the top. The inscription is worn in places but appears to read 'CEAE SV RL + [missing] CAEP'.
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The larger fragment of this object (now D 1970.4.2) was found with no visible accession number in 2001 and given a UNID number (137366). It was later assigned a temp number (TEMP.00237) in 2016. However, it has been matched to D 1970.4 due to the historic photograph. Therefore that record has been deleted and the TEMP number has been added to the MAA Numbers field.
Event Date 17/8/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Physical description)
Altar to the Syrian goddess, put up in the governorship of Calpurnius Agricola. In two pieces.
Event Date 17/8/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Physical description)
Altar to the Syrian goddess, put up in the governorship of Calpurnius Agricola. The upper section of the altar [.1] is decorated in relief with a wide pattern of three different motifs joined together around the top. The altar's face is carved with an inscription worn in places but appears to read 'CEAE SV RL + [missing] CAEP'. Broken and now in two fragments; the lower section [.2] is sub-rectangular with carved moulding and possibly a small area of inscription.
Event Date 6/7/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins