More information : (NY 99343519) ROMAN ALTAR (R) (Site of) (1)
There is no record of the findspot of the Bollihope Roman altar
although "in 1943 however Mr J E Maddison of Stanhope showed me a
place which he had been told was the exact findspot.....NY 993352.
"Excavation at this location revealed nothing archaeological. (2)
1041. Altar, 16 x 36in. (1/8), found in 1747 on Bollihope Common,
south of Stanhope in Weardale. On the left-hand side GE (inverted)
was cut in later times. Now (1941) at Stanhope Rectory. Drawn by
R.P.W., 1941.
CIL vii 451, addit. p. 309. JRS xxxii (1942) 115, pl. II i.
ILS 3562. LS 683. Birch Phil. Trans. xlv (1748) 173, Gent. Mag. xix
(1749) 449. Gough's Camden (1789) iii 117, (1806)
iii 363. J. H. Gent. Mag. xii (1839) 408. Bruce Wall ed. 3
(1867) 393 with fig.
There are traces of a primary inscription in 11. 1, 2 and of
indistinct lettering on the middle plinth of the base. The removal
of the primary inscription has made the die rather concave.
Primary text:
[Numinibus August]orum / et [...
Secondary text:
Siluano Inuicto sacr(um) / G(aius) Tetius Veturius Micia/nus
pr[(a)e]f(ectus) alae Sebosian/nae ob aprum eximiae / formae captum
quem / multi antecesso/res eius praedari / non potuerunt u(oto)
s(uscepto) l(ibens) p(osuit)
Primary text:
'To the Deities of the Emperors and ....'
Secondary text:
'To Unconquerable Silvanus Gaius Tetius Veturius Micianus, prefect
of the Sebosian Cavalry Regiment, on fulfilment of his vow willingly
set this up for taking a wild boar of remarkable fineness which
many of his predecessors had been unable to bag.'
I. S...C...VM Bruce; [NVMINIBVS AVGVST]ORVM / ET R.P.W. 2. SAC Bruce,
Hueb.; SACR R.G.C. 3. PRAEF AIAE SEBOSIAA Gough; PRAE AIAE SEBOSIAM
Bruce; PRAEF AIAE SEBOSIA Hueb.; PR[E]F ALAE SEBOSIAN R.G.C.
In CW 2 xxxvi (1936) 113 Mr. (now Professor) Richmond observed that
this inscription 'may suggest that the ala Sebosiana once occupied
Binchester'. He now (1955) considers that since the secondary
dedication is unlikely to be earlier than the third century, when
Binchester was occupied by the ala Vettonum, Micianus may well have
been on a visit from Lancaster, where his regiment was stationed at
the time. (3)
NY 9974 3906. The altar is now preserved within the old
rectory, Stanhope. (4)
Access to the old rectory unobtainable during field investigation. (5)
According to public feedback the altar is now in the north aisle of Stanhope church. (6)
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