Inscription on a Roman altar
Date
1682
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol8 p386
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 303mm
width (page): 177mm
width (page): 177mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The front side of a Roman altar found south of the River Tyne, near Shields, in the bishopric of Durham. Martin Lister obtained this piece which had nine lines of inscription, and reported that each letter was little more than two inches deep. This is printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, no. 145 (March 1683).
This figure is copied from LBO/8/263.
This figure is copied from LBO/8/263.
Object history
Printed at tab 1, fig. 5 in M. Lister, ‘An account of a Roman monument found in the bishopric of Durham and of some Roman antiquities at York’, Phil. Trans. vol. 13, no. 145 (March 1683), pp. 70-74 (p. 71).
Related fellows
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Associated place