RIB 610. Altar dedicated to Contrebis (original) (raw)

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Support

Type of object

Altar

Material

Stone

Dimensions

(unrecorded)

Decoration and iconography

With a bird, apparently an owl, on the right side, and on the left a hatchet and knife.

Site

Overborough (Galacum/Kalagon(?))

Find context

Built into a building at Burrow Hall, on the site of Overborough fort.

Find date

In, or before, 1739

Other events

Once in the possession of Rauthmell.

Modern location

Now lost.

Institution/acc. #

(unknown)

Text field

Style of lettering

In capital letters.

Letter heights

(not specified)

Text

Origin of text

Overborough

Ancient site

Galacum/Kalagon(?)

Text type

Religious dedication

Date

(no indication)

Edition

Deo san(cto)
Contr-
ebi Vat-
ta posu(it)

Deo san(cto) |Contr|ebi Vat|ta posu(it)

Apparatus

2. gontr, Rauthmell.

Translation

To the holy god Contrebis Vatta set this up.

Bibliography