Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar to Antenociticus
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar to Antenociticus
HER Number
5277
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar to Antenociticus
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Altar
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Altar 20x47 inches with plain sides; found in 1862 in the Temple of Antenociticus (HER 5266). Deposited in the Black Gate. DEO ANOCITICO/IUDICIIS OPTIMO/RUM MAXIMORUM/QUE IMP(ERATORUM) N(OSTORUM) SUB VLP(IO)/MARCELLO CO(N)S(ULARI) TINE/IUS LONGUS IN P[RE]/FECTURA EQUITU[M]/LATO CLAUO EXORNA/TUS ET Q(UAESTOR) D(ESIGNATUS) "To the god Anociticus Tineius Longus (set this up) having, while prefect of cavalry, been adorned with the (senatorial) broad stripe and designated quaestor by the decrees of our best and greatest Emperors, under Ulpius Marcellus, consular governor". RIB 1329. Museum of Antiquities 1887.25.
Easting
421710
Northing
564670
Grid Reference
NZ421710564670
Sources
<< HER 5277 >> Bruce, 1862, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VI, p 153-5
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 231, p81,in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 440 no. 1329
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 231, p81,in Corbridge's Hadrian's Wall East of the North Tyne
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p 440 no. 1329