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Monument Number 18481
Hob Uid: 18481
Location : Northumberland Corbridge
Grid Ref : NY9885864429
Summary : A Roman altar with a Greek inscription was first noticed in Corbridge churchyard in 1702. The altar is 40 " high and 21 " wide. It is now in the British Museum.
More information : [NY 98856443] A Roman altar with a Greek inscription was first noticed in Corbridge churchyard in 1702, where it "had long been". Now in the British Museum. It is 40 inches high and 21 inches wide. On the left side is a bull's head and a knife and on the right a wreath. The inscription is a crude Greek hexameter of four lines:- "HPAK EI / TYPI / TO PA / APXIEPEIA" "To Hercules of Tyre. Set up by the Priestess Diodora" (1-6) Present location not confirmed. (7)

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Source details : (H.H.E.Craster)
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Source details : Philosophical Trans 1702. No.278 pl.132 plate (Hunter)
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Ibid 1711 292 (Todd)
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Source details : Marm.Oxon 579 (Mattaire)
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Source details : (Hon Daines Barrington)
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Source details : The Roman wall 3rd Ed.1867 pp 340-1 illust (JC Bruce)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Lapt.Sept.1875 pp 331-3 (No.636) illust.(JC Bruce)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Brittannia Roman 1732 pp 246-7 (No.CVI) (J.Horsley)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Itineranum Curiosum part II 1726 p.63 (Iter Boreale) (W.Stukeley)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : F1 FDC 15.06.56
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
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Monument Type : Altar
Evidence : Find

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 96 SE 10
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-06-15
End Date : 1956-06-15

Monument Number 18481