Accession No
D 1970.16
Description
Fragment of altar, probably for the welfare of the Emperor Caracalla. Grooved pedestal with inscription above.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Northumberland; Risingham
Period
Roman AD 211-217
Source
Trinity College, Cambridge [depositor]; Cotton, Robert (Sir) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
D 1970.16; RIB 1237
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
220mm x 620mm x 500mm Weight 118.0kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of altar, probably for the welfare of the Emperor Caracalla.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Other owners)
Ex Cotton Collection.
Event Date 13/10/1993
Author: maa
Context (References)
(Bib): Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne Natural History Transactions. 1831-1939, LXXXVII.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
(Bib): Horsley, J. Britannia Romana. 1732, 237.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
(Bib): Camden, W. Britannia. 1607, ed. 6, 663.
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 1005.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
Collingwood and Wright translation of inscription reads: '... for the welfare (?) of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus, Marcus Messorius Diligens, the tribune, (set up) this sacred offering.' See Collingwood and Wright for transcription.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
(Bib): Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol 1: Inscriptions on Stone. Clarendon Press: 1965. Number 1237.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
'Part of altar, seen in 1599 at Risingham. On left side trace of ornament; right side now inaccessible. It refers probably to Caracalla, A.D. 211-17.' (Collingwood and Wright 1965)
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
(Bib): Bruce, J.C. Lapidarium Septentrionale. 1870-5, 594.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
(Bib): Northumberland County History. xv 136 no. 20.
Event Date 20/6/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of altar, probably for the welfare of the Emperor Caracalla. Grooved pedestal with inscription above.
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Inscription)
Inscribed on one face:
'NIPIIAUGM-
MESSORUIUS
DIICENSTPI
P-NUSSACRUM'
Event Date 12/4/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:63193
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