Accession No
D 1970.9
Description
Stone altar with rectangular cross-section, straight sides, and flat base. Capital decorated with a spiral at each end with a triangular section in between; shaft framed by two sets of parallel horizontal lines at each end, with an inscription carved between on one face; opposite face has an unworked surface. One face also has a shorter inscription on the base. Inscription reads:'To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, for the welfare of Desidienius Aemilianus, prefect, both his own [and] his family's, [the dedicator] set this up and willingly fulfilled his vow in the consulship of Tuscus and Bassus.'
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Northumberland; Housesteads
Period
Roman 3rd century AD 258
Source
Trinity College, Cambridge [depositor]; Cotton, Robert (Sir) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
D 1970.9; RIB 1589
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
360mm x 1050mm x 430mm Weight 310.5kg
Events
Context (References)
Hodgson, J. History of Northumberland. Part ii, 3 vols., edited by J. Raine, 1827-40. Part iii, 3 vols, 1820-35, 137.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Altar to Jupiter, put up in AD 258.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Old exhibition label in archive.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Bainbrigg, R. British Museum MS. Cotton Julius F. VI f 330 [312].
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Camden, W. (1607). Britannia, ed. 6. p. 659.
Event Date 1607
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Horsley, J. (1732). Britannia Romana. p. 226.
Event Date 1732
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (1863). Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii 769, addit. p. 310.
Event Date 1863
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Bruce, J.C. (1870-5). Lapidarium Septentrionale. p. 295.
Event Date 1870
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Haverfield. (1911). Transactions of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, vol. xi. p. 357.
Event Date 1911
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Ephemeris Epigraphica. (1913). ix, pp. 589 & 598.
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
'Altar, found in, or before, 1601 at Housesteads. Bainbrigg assigned it to Chester in the Wall (or Busy Gap); Horsley, with hesitation, to Chesterholm, while Hodgson, Bruce and Huebner assigned it to Carvoran. For the attribution to Housesteads see Haverfield, Birley (1951). Sides now inaccessible'. (Collingwood and Wright 1965)
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
See Collingwood and Wright for transcription and notes on grammar.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1965). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol 1: Inscriptions on Stone. Clarendon Press: 1965. Number 1589.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Inscription)
Collingwood and Wright translation: 'To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, for the welfare of Desidienius Aemilianus, prefect, both his own [and] his family's, [the dedicator] set this up and willingly fulfilled his vow in the consulship of Tuscus and Bassus.'
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Stone altar with rectangular cross-section, straight sides, and flat base. Capital decorated with a spiral at each end with a triangular section in between; shaft framed by two sets of parallel horizontal lines at each end, with an inscription carved between on one face; opposite face has an unworked surface. One face also has a shorter inscription on the base. Inscription reads:'To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, for the welfare of Desidienius Aemilianus, prefect, both his own [and] his family's, [the dedicator] set this up and willingly fulfilled his vow in the consulship of Tuscus and Bassus.'
Event Date 23/4/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:63185
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