Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
HER Number
5306
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Fort (Condercum), Altar
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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, 26 x 38 inches, found in, or before, 1725 at Benwell. On left side axe and knife, on right side jug and patera. Museum of Antiquities 1864.5.15. I(OUI) O(PTIMO) [M(AXIMO) DOLIC]HE]NO ET N[U]MINIBUS AUG(USTORUM) PRO SALUTE IMP(ERATORIS) CAESARIS T(ITI) AELI HADR(IANI) ANTONINI AUG(USTI) PII P(ATRIS) P(ATRIAE) ET LEG(IONIS) II AUG(USTAE) M(ARCUS) LIBURNIUS FRON/TO C(ENTURIO) LEG(IONIS) EIUSDEM U(OTUM) S(OLUIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO) 'To Jupiter, Best and Greatest, of Doliche, and to the Deities of the Emperors for the welfare of the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of his country, and of the Second Legion Augusta Marcus Liburnius Fronto, centurion of the same legion, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow'. RIB 1330.
Easting
421600
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ421600564700
Sources
<< HER 5306 >> R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, Roman Inscriptions of Britain I, Inscriptions in Stone, p440, 1330, p 443, 1338, p441, 1334
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
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p 209
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 554, no 7 with fig cat. No 32
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
Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and its Environs, Survey of extent and preservation of archaeological deposits
J. Horsley, 1732, Britannia Romana, p 209
Spain & Bosanquet, Northumberland County History, xiii, 554, no 7 with fig cat. No 32