Context (Related Documents)
Old exhibition label in archive.
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Author: maa

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Context (Display)
Exhibition label in 1980s Clarke Gallery read: 'Altar to Hercules god of strength, dedicated by Lucius Aemilius Salvianus, commanding the 1st cohort of Vangiones (from the Danube), AD 205-9. A bull adorned for sacrifice on one side; on the other, a garland. Habitaneum (Risingham), Northumberland.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
See Collingwood and Wright (1965) for transcription of inscription.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Ephemeris Epigraphica. ix p. 611.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
(1893-1941). Northumberland County History. i-xv, XV 133 no. 11.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

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

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Context (Field collection)
According to Collingworth and Wright, found in, or before, 1590 at Risingham.
Event Date 1590
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Camden, W. (1607). Britannia. ed. 6, p. 663.
Event Date 1607
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Horsley, J. (1732). Britannia Romana. p. 235.
Event Date 1731
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (1863). Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii 986.
Event Date 1863
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Bruce, J.C. (1870-5). Lapidarium Septentrionale. p. 598.
Event Date 1870
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Inscription)
Collingwood and Wright translation: 'Sacred to the Invincible God Hercules: Lucius Aemilius Savianus, tribune of the First Cohort of Vangiones, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.'
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1956). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol 1: Inscriptions on Stone. Clarendon Press: 1965. Number 1215.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Collingworth and Wright: 'Altar... On left side bull adorned with two sacrificial fillets proceeding right; on right a swag.'
Event Date 1965
Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Altar to Hercules, put up by the First Cohort of Vangiones.
Event Date 13/10/1993
Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Stone altar to Hercules, put up by the First Cohort of Vangiones. Somewhat arched top with straight sides and flat bottom. Top of altar features a circular depression; front face decorated with sets of horizontal lines and grooves at top and bottom framing a carved inscription. One side of altar features a bull wearing two straps, possibly a harness; opposite side features a hanging arch of swag which frames a semicircle above. Reverse of altar is rough and undecorated. Inscription reads: 'Sacred to the Invincible God Hercules: Lucius Aemilius Savianus, tribune of the First Cohort of Vangiones, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.'
Event Date 23/4/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal