South Shields vicus, Roman altar
South Shields vicus, Roman altar
HER Number
893
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields vicus, Roman altar
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Altar
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Altar, 24 inches x 50 inches, found before 1672 "upon the banks of the Tine" at South Shields. On the back of the altar is a vase with stylized flowers; on the left side an axe and knife; on the right jug and patera. Its inscription reads: Dis Conseruato/rib(us) pro salu(te) / imp(eratoris) C(aesaris) M(arci) Aurel(i)/ Antonini / Aug(usti) Brit(annici) Max(imi) / ((et imp(eratoris) C(aesaris) P(ubli) Sep(timi) / Getae Aug(usti) Brit(annici) /...))rens / ob reditu(m) / u(otum) s(oluit); To the gods the Preservers for the welfare of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Most Great Conqueror of Britain, ((and of the Emperor Caesar Publius Septimius Geta Augustus, conqueror of Britain)),... for their return fulfilled the vow.
Easting
436402
Northing
567744
Grid Reference
NZ436402567744
Sources
<< HER 893 >> R.G. Collingwood, 1923, An Altar from South Shields, now at Oxford, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XX, 55-62
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1054
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 182
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 36
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1054
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I Fasc. I no. 182
P.T. Bidwell, 1988, The Civilian Settlement...of the Roman Fort at South Shields, No. 36