Accession No

D 1970.6


Description

Stone altar with square pedestal and head and inscription in between with dedication to 'Mogons Cad... and the deity of our Lord Augustus'.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Northumberland; Risingham; River Rede


Period

Roman


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

D 1970.6; RIB 1225


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

190mm x 520mm x 340mm Weight 65.0kg


Events

Context (References)
Ephemeris Epigraphica. ix p. 612..
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Northumberland County History. xv 137 no. 24, pl. facing p. 64.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Altar dedicated to Mogons Cad ... and the deity of our Lord Augustus;
RIB 1225
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Other owners)
Ex Cotton Collection.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne Natural History Transactions. LXXX, pref. XV.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Related Documents)
Camdem. British Museum MS. Cotton Julius F. VI f. 326 [309].
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Field collection)
'Altar, found before 1599 in the RIver Rede just north of Risingham fort. Sides now inaccessible. (Collingwood and Wright 1965).'
Event Date 1599
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Horsley, J. (1732). Britannia Romana. p. 234.
Event Date 1732
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 1863. Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii 996, addit. p. 311.
Event Date 1863
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Bruce, J.C. (1870-5). Lapidarium Septentrionale. 4728.
Event Date 1870
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Haverfield. (1911). Transactions of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. vol. xi, 357.
Event Date 1911
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Archaeologia Aeliana (Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne), Ser. 4, xii (1935), 222.
Event Date 1935
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. Number 1225.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Inscription)
Collingwood and Wright (1965) translation of inscription reads: 'To the god Mogons Cad(...) and to the Deity of our Lord Augustus, Marcus Gavius Secundinus, benediciarius of the governor, on his first tour of duty at Habitancum, set this up for himself and his own.'
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
Stone altar with square pedestal and head and inscription in between with dedication to 'Mogons Cad... and the deity of our Lord Augustus'.
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:63189

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