Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar to Antenociticus
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar to Antenociticus
HER Number
5275
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
An altar found in 1862 south-east of the Roman Fort in the Temple of Antenociticus (HER 5266). It measured 20 x 51 inches. The inscription read: DEO/ANTENOCITICO/ET NUMINIB(US)/AUGUSTOR(UM)/AEL(IUS) VIBIUS/C(ENTURIO) LEG(IONIS) XX V(ALERIAE) V(ICTRICIS)/U(OTUM) S(OLUIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO) which means "To the god Antenociticus and to the deities of the Emperors Aelius Vibius, Centurion of the twentieth legion Valeria Victrix, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow". Height 1.277 metres, width 0.505 metres, depth 0.50 metres. Originally on a concrete foundation. On left side a knife and wreath, on right a jug and wreath. Museum of Antiquities No. 1887.24. RIB 1327.
Easting
421710
Northing
564670
Grid Reference
NZ421710564670
Sources
<< HER 5275 >> Bruce, 1862, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VI, p 153-5
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, 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 436 no. 1327
E.J. Phillips, 1977, Corpus Signororum Imperii Romani, Great Britain Vol 1, no. 230, 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 436 no. 1327