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In Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB)-
- name RIB 15
- site London, Bishopsgate 1922 (or 1921)
- grid TQ 33 81
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 15
- publ RB in 1921, JRS 12 p.279
- publ Pritchard F 1986 p.187
- publ Champion J 2000
p.28-9, 73, 82, fig.8
- desc RIB: Part of a tombstone of PM 11 x 12 x 1 in.
D M ...NIO SEMPRONI...TURIONI LEG...XIV ANNOS LI ... SEMPRONIIS ... ET
SECUNDO...TI EIUS...[PATRONIS BENE ME]REN[TIBUS]...
(i.e. set up by freedmen for patrons)
- desc Champion: frag of tombst 280 by 330 by 25mm,
lower part worn smooth. Beavis p.196: poss. reused as paving
- loc Champion: Mus of Lond, accession 25458, on display 1999-10-28
- subst RIB, Champion: PM
- date Pritchard p.187: 1st-2nd cent
-
- name RIB 18
- site London, seen 1842 in the front of a cottage
on E side of Maiden Lane, Battle Bridge Road, St Pancras
- grid TQ 33 81
- source Beavis
- publ - Price EB 1842
- publ - Smith CR 1854
- publ RIB 18
- publ Champion J 2000
p.30, 74, 82, fig.8, pl.7
- desc RIB: part of a tombstone of PM, 14 x 12 in.
...LEG XX V[al] V[ict]... G ACI... M...
- desc Champion: part of tombst 360 by 305 by 130mm
- loc Champion: British Museum store, Franks House, Shoreditch 2000-01-24;
Roach Smith Collection reg.no.1856 7-1.10
- subst RIB, Champion: PM;
Roach Smith: `hard oolitic stone'
-
- name RIB 27
- site London, Cloak Lane, S of Walbrook, 1846
- grid TQ 33 81
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 27
- publ CIL vii 34a
- publ Warren FC 1944
- publ - Smith CR ?1856, Coll. Ant. i 139, pl.xlviii A2
- publ - Collingwood, RCHM London iii 172, no.10 fig.74
- publ Champion J 2000
p.32, 74, 82, fig.8
- desc RIB: frag of a tombstone of PM 6 x 7 x 1.75in thick
found 1846 in Clock Lane S of Walbrook
D[is].MA[nibus].PRIN...VIX[it an(nos)]..
- desc Champion: frag of tombst 152 by 179 by 4mm'
- loc Champion: British Museum store, Franks House, Shoreditch 2000-01-24;
Reg.no. 18567-11
- subst RIB, Champion: PM;
Roach Smith: `Lias limestone'
-
- name RIB 32
- site London, not after 1892
- grid TQ 33 81
- source Beavis
- source Warren FC 1944
- publ RIB 32
- publ EE vii 844
- publ - Collingwood, RCHM London iii 174 no.28 fig.82
- publ Champion J 2000
p.29, 73, 82, fig.8
- desc frag of PM tombstone with part of upper edge 4 x 4in
found in or before 1892 somewhere in London.
D(is)..[M(anibus)][...ITA CA..|[vi]XIT...
- desc Champion: frag of tombst with part of upper edge,
102mm by 110mm wide by 40mm
- loc Champion: Mus of Lond, acc.3361, on display 1999-10-28
- subst RIB, Champion: PM
-
- name RIB 69-71
- site Silchester, Ins.35, temple, 1907
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 69, 70, 71
- publ Hope WHStJ 1908 p.207
- publ Haverfield 1908
- publ Boon GC 1957 p.121
- publ Boon GC 1974 p.58, 154
- publ Frere and Fulford 2002
- desc RIB: 3 frags of a PM dedication slab at Romano-Celtic temple in
Insula 35, 7 by 15 by 3/4in. One inscription across 3 fragments;
...|..ATTICI .]APACIS ..ONIBUS SIBI COMM... collegi..peregri]NORUM
C[allevae] DONUM D(e) S(uo) D(ederunt)
- desc Boon 1957, 1974:
same inscr on all, by different hands; early C3 from style of letters
- desc Haverfield makes clear that
there are 3 stones, each of which repeats the same inscription, but different
parts of each survive, and the whole inscription is best read by combining
the evidence of the three copies
- loc Reading Museum
- subst RIB, Boon: PM
- date Boon: From style of lettering, early C3. Frere and Fulford: C1 date
entirely possible
-
- name RIB 72
- site Silchester 1868
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 72
- publ CIL vii 9
- publ EE ix p.513
- publ Haverfield, VCH Hants i 281 fig 7.7
- publ Boon GC 1957 p.98
- desc RIB: frag of a PM slab 7 by 4 by 3/4in.
SEX | ?IAE SE | ?R IS
- desc Boon: ]NIAE BE[
(following Joyce)
- loc Reading Museum
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 73
- site Silchester, NW angle of basilica, 1868
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 73
- publ CIL vii 1338a
- desc frag of PM 4 x 7 x 1 1/2in LE..VIT..ATI
- loc Reading Museum
- subst RIB: PM
- comment Haverfield linked this with RIB
77 and 78.
-
- name RIB 74
- site Silchester
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 74
- publ CIL vii 1338b
- desc frag PM slab 3 x 3 x 3/4in. SA..NI L(ibertus) S..
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 75
- site Silchester
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 75
- publ CIL vii 1338c
- publ Boon GC 1957 p.98
- desc PM slab 9 x 5 x 1 1/4in, 2 frags of inscription
...CIVIT...EIUSD[em... with traces of red paint on EI
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 76
- site Silchester
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 76
- publ EE ix 988a
- publ Fox GE 1892 p.282
- publ Boon GC 1957 p.98
- desc frag of PM dedication slab 7 x 9 1/2 x 2in
..IN M... AT[rebat...
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 77
- site Silchester
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 77
- publ EE ix 988b
- desc frag of a PM slab 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2in, left edge rounded.
A [..| SA[..
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
- comment
Haverfield thought RIB 73, 77,
78 all frags of same inscr,
but thickness and style of lettering differ according to RIB
-
- name RIB 78
- site Silchester
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 78
- publ EE ix 988b(?)
- desc frag of PM slab 3 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 in, ]V[..|.]VI[..
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
- comment Haverfield linked this with RIB 73
and 77
-
- name RIB 79
- site Silchester
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 79
- desc frag of PM slab 3 x 3 x 3/4in, XII[..|..D ]S D
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 84
- site Silchester, Basilica
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 84
- publ Boon GC 1957 p.92
- desc RIB:
4 frags of a massive dedication of PM
(a) 6 1/2 x 7 x 1 1/4in
(b) 5 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2in
(c) 3 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/8in
(d) 5 x 4 x 1 3/8 in;
(a) E
(b) a downpointing leaf ?
(c) B, P or R
(d) part of a vertical;
letters 11in high with red paint traces
- desc Boon conjectures part of a monumental arched entrance
possibly of Trajan's time
- loc Reading Mus
- subst Boon: grey-green PM
-
- name RIB 85
- site Silchester, prob. Basilica
- grid SU 64 62
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 85
- desc frag of a large inscr in PM 5 1/2 x 4 x 1 3/4 in;
part of a vertical stroke only
- loc Reading Mus
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 91
- site Chichester, North St, 1722
- grid SU 86 04
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 91
- publ CIL vii 11, addit p.305
- desc Cogidubnus inscription
- loc Front of Old Council House, North St, Chichester
- subst
RIB,
Beavis: PM;
on inspection: shelly limestone for sure
-
- name RIB 92
- site Chichester, East St, 1740
- grid SU 86 04
- source Beavis
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 92
- publ CIL vii 12
- publ EE iii p.114, ix p.513
- desc inscr. on uncertain building dedicated to Nero,
lettering inferior to Cogidubnus' stone:
Neroni Claudio divi ..ermanici..
- loc LOST
- subst
RIB: PM, no longer verifiable
- date AD 57-8
-
- name RIB 96
- site Densworth, Funtington parish near Chichester 1857
- grid SU 80 08
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 96
- publ CIL vii 17, addit. p.305
- desc 4 frags from a PM inscr,
(1) OLO AN (2) B (3) V (4) I
- loc LOST before 1921
- subst
RIB: PM, no longer verifiable
-
- name RIB 113
- site Cirencester before 1721
- grid SP 02 01
- source Chichester Library
- source Beavis p.196
- publ RIB 113
- publ CIL vii 71
- publ EE iii p.115
- desc Tombstone of PM 39 x 45 in with lower part broken off.
Stukeley says 5 such stones lay flatwise upon two walls in
a row...and underneath were the corpses... One other of these stones
inscribed but has perished. D M IULIAE CASTAE CONJUGI VIXIT ANN XXXIII
- loc Corinium Museum
- subst RIB: PM
-
- name RIB 114
- site Cirencester, forum, 1937
- grid SP 02 01
- source Chichester Library, not in Beavis
- publ RIB 114
- publ 1938, RB in 1937, JRS 28 p.190, 204
- publ
Darvill and Garrard 1994
- desc RIB: frag of inscr on PM 7 x 6 x 1in broken on all margins,
found unstratified: ]I[ ]ET INS[ R]ESPUB[LICA
- desc RB in 1937: frag 6in h. 6 3/4in w. with other frags
of a PM tablet in the area of the forum, unstratified
- desc Darvill and Garrard: found 1937 by Priestley and Matthews
(this refers to the `RB in 1937' report)
- loc Corinium Museum
- subst RIB: PM
- date letterforms consistent with C1 date
(Frere and Fulford 2002 p.173)
-
- name RIB 188 (Carinus tombstone)
- site Dorchester, in foundation of S porch of St George's Church,
Fordington
- grid SY 69 91
- source Beavis p.197
- publ RIB 188
- publ EE ix 983
- publ Account of DNHAS meeting, PDNHAS 29 xl-xli,
contribution by Bartelot RG
- desc RG Bartelot, vicar of the parish, reported
its discovery 1908-02-05 and gave a (now obsolete) reconstruction of
the inscription, conjecturing it to be Christian because he can't find
`Dis Manibus' and because `the O is very big' (I can't see this)
- desc RIB: tombstone of PM 28 x 35 in broken transversely, base cut off.
CARINO CIVI R ANN L RUFINVS ET [C]ARINA ET AVITA
FILI EIVS [R]OMANA UXOR. 3in thick. Lettering style C1AD? (BM)
- desc
Photographed by JP 2000-05-03;
The same in negative. Further epigraphic inspection of the stone desirable.
- loc Displayed at west end of St George's Church, Fordington, Dorchester.
Church is open 1415-1530 weekdays and 1030-1200 Wednesdays.
Till 2020 a modern stone copy was on display in Dorset Museum, balcony of
Victorian hall; presumably now in reserve collection.
- subst RIB: PM
- comment No longer the only Roman inscription on Purbeck Limestone within 50 miles of Purbeck!
- comment Known in the church guide leaflet as `the Romana stone'
-
- name RIB 193
- site Colchester, site of a Roman cemetery, 1764
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 193
- publ CIL vii 87
- desc Dedication slab of PM 9 x 18 x 2in:
NUMINIB[US] AUG[G] ET DEO MERCU[RIO] ANDESICOCIUOUCO,
IMILICO AESURILINI L. ARAM OPERE MARONIO D S D; maronio `mason's term',
CIL vi 9556, ILS 7679
- loc LOST
- subst PM, no longer verifiable
-
- name RIB 202
- site Colchester, 1910
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 202
- publ EE ix 1007
- desc lower part of a PM tombstone 14 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/2in
O MACRI..US EQU(es) R(omanus) VIX(it) ANN(os) XX
VAL(eria) FRON[t]INA CONIUNX ET FLOR(ius) COGITATUS ET FLOR(ius) FIDELIS
FECERUNT
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 203
- site Colchester
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 203
- publ CIL vii 91
- desc frag of PM tombstone 9 x 10in all margins damaged;
letters retain traces of red paint;
bis centurio (of 2 other units before)
BIS C..LEG III Aug (!) ... C LEG XX VAL V(ict) ORIUNDUS NICAEA
[in Bithyn]IA MILITAVIT AN[nos ..] VIXIT ANN...OBITUM
- loc Colchester Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 204
- site Colchester, 1821
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 204
- publ CIL vii 92
- desc Part of PM tombstone 10 x 8 x 1 1/2in
D M ..]UMULO TEG[untur | ossa desid]ERABILIS IUVE[nis
?cuncti? MUC[ianum ..]ERUNT SER[..]UM[..
- loc Fitzwilliam Mus, Cambridge: Disney Marbles
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 205
- site Colchester, Union cemetery, 1889
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 205
- publ EE vii 845
- publ Arch J 47 240
- publ Arch Ael 2nd ser. 13 358
- publ Hull MR 1958 p.255
- desc RIB: frag from L margin of PM tombst 1 1/2in thick;
D M AR..RE..VAL [COH] I VA(NGIONUM?) .. QUI M[ILITAVIT]..
EX A[ERE COLLATO..
- desc Hull: ``part of a tombstone of PM found 1889 in Balkerne Lane
in wh. Haverfield would see mention of coh. I Vangionum, but this is
highly conjectural''
- loc Colchester Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 207
- site Colchester, 1906
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 207
- publ EE ix 1008
- desc frag of R side of PM tombst 5 x 5in
..]V[IX(it)|...]d(ies) XXVI|..]RNA|...PO]SVIT
- loc Colchester Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 208
- site Colchester, 1930
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 208
- publ 1931, JRS 21 p.240
- desc 2 frags of PM panel 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 7/8in with lower edge
intact, may have formed a frieze;
]IAE RU[...|...A]NNOS X[...
- loc Colchester Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 210
- site Colchester, 1935
- grid TL 99 25
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 210
- publ JRS xxxiv (1944) 88
- desc frag of a PM inscr 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/2in
with upper edge intact;
...]VOC[...]XXX[...
- loc Colchester Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 222
- site Verulamium (St Albans), forum or basilica, 1898-1901
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 222
- publ EE ix 1004
- desc frag of a PM commem slab 7 x 3 x 2in,
inscr letters 3 3/4in high, R margin bevelled as if part
of polygonal monument, from forum or basilica
...]AT[...
- loc Verulamium Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 224
- site Verulamium (St Albans)
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 224
- publ JRS xxxi (1941) 141
- desc frag of L margin of PM slab,
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 13/16in, letters 1 1/10in high,
inscr M...SI(or H or K),
shows faint guide lines
- loc Verulamium Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 226
- site Verulamium (St Albans), forum or basilica, 1898-1899
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 226
- publ JRS xxxi (1941) 141
- desc frag of PM commem slab 3 x 2 x 1 1/2in with letters about
1 1/2in high, ...]I(or E or T)[...|...]S[...
- loc Verulamium Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 227
- site Verulamium (St Albans), forum or basilica, 1898-1899
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 227
- publ JRS xxxi (1941) 141
- desc frag of PM commem slab 2 x 2 x 1 1/2in, height of letter
indeterminable, ...]B(or D)[...
- loc Verulamium Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 228
- site Verulamium (St Albans), forum or basilica, 1898-1899
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 228
- publ JRS xxxi (1941) 141
- desc frag of PM commem slab 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/4in,
height of letter indet, ...]D[..
red cement with powdered brick sticking to back
- loc Verulamium Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 229
- site Verulamium (St Albans), forum or basilica, 1898-1899
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 229
- publ JRS xxxi (1941) 141
- desc frag of PM commem slab 7 x 7 x 1 1/2in polished both sides,
letters >6in high, ...]N(or I) I[...s
- loc Verulamium Mus
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 385
- site Caerleon, E of fortress in Ultra Pontem cemetery, 1915
- grid ST 32 90
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 385
- publ Wheeler, BBCS, i (1921--3) 73
- publ Ant. J. ii 1922, 62
- publ Boon GC 1978b
- desc Part of a PM dedication slab.
Dedication of an area, structure, etc? given to a burial guild:
...]SERG[(ia tribu).......] | DOM[O..... | P(rimus) P LEG II AUG |
DE [S] | SINE TRA[laticio] | EX ARC[a publ(ica)]
- loc Caerleon Mus
- subst RIB: PM
- subst Ant J (1922): no mention of PM
-
- name RIB 463
- site Chester 1863, Feathers Inn Bridge St
- grid SJ 40 66
- source Beavis
- publ RIB 463
- publ EE iii 70
- publ Wright RP, Richmond IA 1955, Catalogue of the Roman
inscribed and sculptured stones in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester,
Chester and N Wales Archaeol Soc.
- desc PM frag broken vertically of ? commem tablet
18 x 8 1/2 x 2in, 5- to 6in letters with red paint adhering.
[... | IMP TIT]O CA[ES .. ET CAES | AUG F DOMI[TIANO
- loc Grosvenor Mus
- subst RIB: PM
- date Fits Vespasian's two sons, AD 79,
which agrees with date of inscribed waterpipes to fortress
-
-
-
- name RIB 3008 (Hugginhill Fragment 1)
- site London, Hugginhill, 1985 (MoLAS site GM240)
- grid TQ 323 809
- source RB in 1975, Britannia 8 (1977) p.426
- source Champion JA 2000
- publ Marsden 1976 p.61, fig.24 no.54
- desc RB in 1975: Fragment of PM 0.05 x 0.043 x 0.03m, found 1985 in
destruction levels of Roman bath building; ...]DI or ...]BI with traces
of red pigment
- desc Champion: Inscription, small frag with parts of two letters,
traces of red paint in each letter recess; max dim 51 by 47 by 28mm
- loc Museum of London acc ER1423;
Champion J 2000 found it missing
- subst RB, Champion: PM
- cont P. Marsden, Guildhall Museum
-
- name RIB 3010 (London West Tenter St inscription)
- site London, 28 West Tenter St, 59 Mansell St, c.1990 (MoLAS site WTE90)
- grid TQ 33 81 approx
- source Champion J 2000
- publ - Betts IM 1995 p.14
- desc frag of inscr 11mm thick. Four letters survive.
- desc Context 1183; Inscription; frag 11mm thick with 4 letters,
prob. funerary, from dump layer believed to contain remains of a funerary
structure lying directly beneath
- loc Museum of London acc 131
- subst Champion: PM
-
- name RIB 3037 (Arkarius fragments)
- site Chichester, St Pancras, 1978
- grid SU 86 04
- source RB in 1978, Britannia 10 (1979) p.339
- publ Lehner, H., Bonner Jahrbücher
135 (1930) 1--48
- publ Lehner, H. and Bender, W., Bonner Jahrbücher
136/7 (1932) 3--216
- desc Frags of inscr PM together measuring 0.48 x 0.39 x 0.028m
found (Alec Down) 1978 in a pit dug into top of mTFULilitary-type ditch on site
of late Roman cemetery outside East gate (south of St Pancras/Stane St).
Frags are from RH edge of a 6-sided slab originally 0.825 wide 0.39m high.
Surface of stone slightly concave, back roughly dressed except smooth rebates
45mm wide 15mm deep running full width of the stone at top and bottom.
Was probably once capped by a second triangular piece of PM and flanked by
two more to form a pediment about 1.8m wide 0.65m high. Sections of its
moulded cornice were also found and an uninscribed corner-fragment which
could come either from the central slab or from one of the 3 subsidiary
pieces. Apex will have been a right angle, not the normal obtuse.
Central slab carried the inscription: MATRI]BUS DOMEST|[.....] VX ARK|[DS]P
: `Matribus Domesticis ...us ark(arius) de suo posuit'.
- subst PM
- comment 1960, RB in 1959, JRS 50 p.237, no.6
shows a gritstone altar from Catterick, Yorks with a similar dedication
to Matres Domestici
- comment For Matres Domesticae see RIB 652
- comment Main cult of Matres Domesticae at Bonn, associated with
Matronae Aufaniae
-
- name RIB 3038
- site Chichester
- source RB in 1975, Britannia 7 (1976)
- source RIB Online, 2019 September
- publ Britannia 6 (1975) p.282
- desc frag from edge of slab of PM 0.075 x 0.1 x 0.02m,
carrying part of a letter, found 1974 in backfill of foundation trench for
Roman public baths. Back of slab roughly dressed. Of the letter, orig
0.1m high, only a flat curve terminating in part of a serif remains.
- loc Chichester Museum
- subst PM
- comment 3038 and 3039 found together, listed together till RIB Online
-
- name RIB 3039 (Chichester 1974 fragment)
- site Chichester, Tower St, 1974
- grid SU 859 049
- source RB in 1975, Britannia 7 (1976)
- source RIB Online, 2019 September
- publ Britannia 6 (1975) p.282
- desc In same context (as 3038), part of LH side of a PM slab 0.12 x 0.16 x 0.02m,
back worked smooth, on front are remains of 2 lines of inscr, with
traces of red colour. |FI[..|NE[...
- loc Chichester Museum
- subst PM
- comment 3038 and 3039 found together, listed together till RIB Online
-
- name RIB 3046 (Wool 1988 tombstone)
- site Wool, New Buildings, 1988
- grid SY 838 856
- source Tomlin and Hassall
2000 p.433
- publ Putnam W 2003
- desc Rectangular fragment of a slab of local limestone
[identified by Alan Holiday, head of geology at Weymouth College, as
probably Portland rather than Purbeck and perhaps from Lulworth
or Worbarrow, just S of find site] 0.21 by 0.39m by 47-60mm thick,
found late 1988 face down in a ploughed field where many Roman coins and
sherds and other objects have been found.
[..]M*|[..]VNDVS|[..]IRALIS|[..] supposed to be part of a tombstone:
?D[is] M[anibus] Verecundus et Liberalis?
- desc capital letters in a (rather unusual) flowing style
- loc DORCM 1964.27, on display before 2015 in archaeology gallery
case 4; location 2015 onwards not yet known
- subst Portland Stone (PS) ? `shelly upper Jurassic limestone'
- date `probably Antonine'
-
- name RIB 3066 (Cirencester St Michael inscription)
- site Cirencester, St Michael's Field, Admirals Walk
- grid SP 026 016
- source RB in 1976, Britannia 8 (1977) p.427
- publ MacWhirr, A. D., Antiq. J. later than Britannia 8 report
- desc Frag of PM inscr 0.11 x 0.06 x 0.05m, reused in makeup layer
for a pitched (sic) store surface with late 2nd cent. pottery.
2 lines survive: .]ILIII.|.]VID?[.
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 3106
- cat DOUBTFUL
- site Caerleon, Backhall St, 1980
- grid ST 3402 9080
- source RIB Online, 2019 September
- desc Triangular frag, no letters but two curved lines converging
- loc Private collection
- subst RIB: PM
- comment Not clear why it was classed as an inscription
-
- name RIB 3120
- site Alchester, Wendlebury, Oxon, 1991
- grid SP 57 20
- source RB in 1991, Britannia 23 (1992) p.312
- publ Booth, Evans and Hiller 2001
- desc RB in 1991:
Fragment of a PM inscription 125mm x 125mm x up to 28mm thick,
found 1991 with late C2/early C3 material ina pit c.300m N of the N defences
of the town: [..]NI * M[...|...] * PP?
- subst PM
- comment NOT RIB 3121 or 3122 (which are not Purbeck according to RIB)
- cont Paul Booth, Oxford Archaeological Unit
-
- name RIB 3123 (Agricola inscription at Verulamium)
- site Verulamium (St Albans), 1955
- grid TL 13 07
- source Beavis
- publ Taylor MV, Wright RP 1956,
"Roman Britain in 1955", p. 146 and pl. XIX
- publ Wright,
in Frere SS 1956 p. 8-10, pl. 3
- desc 4 inscr. frags and 1 uninscr., of an imperial inscr. on PM
1m by 4m approx, found 1955 on site of entrance to Forum and Basilica
from the NE: [IMP TITUS CAESAR DIVI] VESPA[SIANI] F VES[PASIANUS AUG]|
[P M TR P VIII IMP XV COS VIII] DESI[GN VIIII CENSOR P P]|
---Domitian's titles erased but partly legible---|
[CN IVLIO A]GRIC[OLA LEG AUG PRO PR].|..]VEI[...big gap...]NATA[...
- loc Verulamium Museum
- subst PM
- date As Titus is called `cos. design.' and he wasn't consul in 81, the inscr.
must be from 79, and after his father's death on June 24 that year.
- comment
"The Agricola inscription" of
Frere, Britannia,
p.325 foot
-
- name RIB 3129
- site Colchester, Lion Walk, 1971
- grid TL 995 251
- source RIB Online, 2019 September
- desc statuette base frag, 0.148 by 0.075 by 0.04 m, inscribed DEO;
remainder of dedication missing
- loc Colchester and Essex Museum
-
- name RIB 3131
- site Colchester, 2005, lower fill of ditch of extramural cemetery
- grid TL 9925 2445
- source RIB Online, 2019 September
- desc 3 frags of tombstone,
(a) 0.075 by 0.11 by 0.02 m,
(b) 0.07 by 0.065 by 0.02 m,
(c) 0.05 by 0.06 by 0.02 m,
not conjoining,
(a) [...]N?TI [...]N? [...]
(b) Perhaps [...] [...] t(estamento) p(oni) (ussit) [...]
(c) [...] [...]N
Other frags found but not inscribed.
- loc Colchester and Essex Museum
- subst RIB: PM
- comment JP: suggested reading seems ill-supported
-
- name RIB 3132 (Balkerne Graffito)
- site Colchester, Balkerne Lane, 1976
- grid TL 992 252
- source RB in 1981, Britannia 13 (1982) p.407
- desc Triangular fragment of PM sheet 0.19 by 0.1 by 0.03m thick,
found 1976 in a pit of uncertain/Roman date. The stone has roughly pecked
into one side: ...]T*[....
- loc Colchester and Essex Museum
- subst PM
-
- name RIB 3135
- site Stanwick, Northants, 1984
- grid SP 972 718
- source RB in 1984, Britannia 16 (1985) p.324
- desc Slab of PM 0.145 x 0.21 x 0.03m thick,
found 1984 reused in a late fourth-century context in one of the principal
rooms of the villa. The back of the stone is dressed smooth and both top
and bottom edges appear to be original. Part of an inscription in well-cut
letters set between guide-lines reads:
...]O?D|[...]NORAT[...|...]ISCHO[...|...]NVS.[...
(May be the second part of a longer inscription as the first line is very
close to the upper edge of the stone.)
- loc English Heritage, Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth
- subst RIB: PM
- comment Very northerly instance of PM but see
Dunning
and his list
-
- name RIB 3159 (Alington Avenue milestone)
- site Dorchester, Alington Avenue, 1985
- grid SY 704 899
- source
Frere, Hassall and Tomlin 1986 p.435
- publ Davies SM and Putnam WG in
Davies et al. 2002
p.87-9,
fig.42, pl.24
- desc Present size, measured by JP from above scale drawing,
569mm high 403mm wide 218mm thick (extreme measurements),
height of lettering 52 to 80mm (range). Inspection of the original
stone in DCM confirms these measurements; so some of the measurements
taken from publications (below) appear to be wrong,
especially as to width and thickness.
- desc 1986: Upper part of quadrangular milestone of Portland limestone
0.35m x 0.54m x 0.22m thick, found 1985. Site has Roman burials and a
Roman road, presumably Dorchester to Purbeck. Stone was reused in the
construction of a late Roman building, 1km SE of the Roman town of
Durnovaria. Inscr. IMP[...] | POSTVM | MO AVG
- desc 2002: a weathered and somewhat battered inscribed Roman milestone,
made of Purbeck limestone ... in the rubble infill of [an] oven ...
0.55m high, 0.23m wide at top, 0.35m at bottom, 0.10m thick at top and
0.18m at bottom ... The sloping RH side is original and shows regular
tooling-marks. The bottom alone is a broken edge ... (Hassall and Tomlin 1986
assume that letters may have been broken from the top right but this is not
the case.) ... IMP | POSTV | MO AVG | ?G ... Last G may be C or S; meaning
of AVGG not clear, as Postumus was not a joint ruler. He ruled the Gallic
[breakaway] empire c.260.
Other milestones to Postumus [not PL] in Wales and Cornwall:
RIB 2232, 2235
and Nash-Williams 1969 nos. 7 and 9.
The stone may reflect renewed quarrying and mining
in 3rd cent. or may simply be from an approach road to Durnovaria.
- loc DORCM, on display 2015 Dec.
in archaeology gallery case 26
- subst PL (but museum display says Chalk, which it resembles)
- cont Susan Davies,
Peter Woodward
-
- name RIB 3173 (Lincoln St Paul inscription)
- site Lincoln, St Paul in the Bail, 1978
- grid SK 977 719
- source Hassall and Tomlin 1979 p.345
- desc 9 frags of a PM inscription
which join to form a composite piece
0.26 x 0.45 x 0.055m thick, found (Lincoln Arch. Trust, 1978) reused in
foundations of 11th cent. church. Back undressed. Text, with marking-out
lines, partly readable as `Aug(usti) lib(ertus) ob honorem ...(sevir...)
temp(lum) re(fecit)
- subst PM
- date letterforms consistent with C1 date
(Frere and Fulford 2002 p.173)
- comment `seviri Augustales' presumed because this was the only
office open to freedmen
- comment See also Dunning
- cont C. Colyer, M. J. Jones, B. Gilmour, Lincoln Arch. Trust
-
- name RIB 3517 (Rockbourne Milestone 2)
- site Rockbourne villa nr Fordingbridge, reused as a step, 1965
- grid SU 120 170
- source JP's visit to site 2001-07-02
- publ RB in 1965, JRS 56 p.219-220 and pl. 12 no.2
- desc RB in 1965:
Quadrangular milestone of Chilmark sandstone 11 by 20 by 8in, top
irregular but probably original, base has broken off, back worn in
secondary use.
Found 1965 in floor of room VI.
IMP CAES C M(ESSIO) Q(UINTO) TRO[IAN]O DE[CIO] AVG, the elder Decius.
The younger may have been included on the lower part. 7 other milestone
to Decius known in Britain, mainly Yorks and Lancs. TROIANO for TRAIANO
also occurs in RIB 2263.
- loc displayed on site
- subst RB: Chilmark sandstone [JP: presumably Portland, so PS]
- date 249-251AD (Decius)
- cont Jim Hunter, curator, Red House Museum, Christchurch
-
- name RIB 3518 (RockbourneMilestone 1)
- site Rockbourne villa, Hants
- grid SU 120 170
- publ RB in 1961, JRS 52 p.195
- publ Morley Hewitt AT 1965
- desc Milestone of Purbeck stone; found reused as lintel of
stokehole to Room XIV hypocaust; 3ft 4in high by 14in by 9in;
ESU .. TETRICO .. NOBILIS .. SIMO .. CAES
(Tetricus the younger, Caesar 272AD)
- loc displayed on site
- subst RB in 1961: PL
- date 271-274AD (so stated on site, but see desc above)
- comment probably from
Tisbury outcrop
- comment Also mentioned by Beavis
1970 p.185
- comment see also
Decius milestone
from same site
Still to be reconciled with RIB Online-
- name Colchester Balkerne panel
- site Colchester, Balkerne ?, 2004
- grid TL 992 252
- source `Roman Britain in 2007' p.370
- desc Fragment of a PM panel 120 by 241mm by 30mm thick,
found 2004 in deposits associated with destruction of a building of
mid to late 3rd century, by which time it must have been residual;
inscribed in well drawn letters
..|..|PA..|ET..|vacat, perhaps `filio PAter ET mater'?
- subst PM
- date C1/2
- comment Seems NOT to be the same as RIB 3132
-
-
- site London, 9 St Clare St (MoLAS site SCS83)
- grid TQ 33 81
- source Champion JA 2000
- publ Betts 1995
- desc Context 208; ?Inscription; corner frag approx 31mm thick, decorated border, possibly part of a funerary monument, stone came from road deposit of rammed gravel, assoc with coin of AD259-268;
- loc Museum of London acc 125
- subst Champion: PM
-
- site London, Hooper St (MoLAS site HOO88)
- grid TQ 33 81
- source Champion JA 2000
- publ Betts 1995
- desc Context 1329; ?Inscription; first identified as paving stone, but has both cut front and back face, suggests funerary monument
- loc Museum of London acc 923
- subst Champion: PM
- comment Not the same as
the Arretium/Pomptina fragment,
which is possibly not of PM
-
-
Not (apparently) known to RIB-
-
-
- name Dorchester Augusta tombstone
- site Dorchester, High East Street
- grid SY 69 90
- source Russell 2019
- publ Tomlin 2018
- publ Sparey-Green 2019
- desc Tombstone of L. Didius Bassus, veteran of II Augusta,
illustrated in Russell 2019
- desc inscr. as read by JP: L DIDVS (sic) / L F FAB / HERACL / BASSVS / VETERAN / EX LEG II (the II inset in the G) .. / ANN LV / T ..
- loc Dorset Museum L1.2020.4, on display 2021, People's gallery, on loan from anon. donor
- subst Russell: PM
- date 65--70 CE
- interp For dating, and interp. of EX LEG and T, see Tomlin above
- comment Acquired c.2018 by a London auction house
- comment Thanks to Christopher Sparey Green for corrections
DOUBTFUL, REJECT/FALSUM, RELATED, etc.-
- name Godmanstone Altar
- cat DOUBTFUL
- site Godmanstone (Dorset), Holy Trinity Church, 1962
- grid SY 666 973 (position of post-Roman reuse)
- publ Peers and Wright 1964
- desc Roman altar in limestone 2'10'' by 1'6'' by 10'' thick (minima),
reused as base to attached shafts at S side of chancel arch,
possibly from Forston Roman building or else from Dorchester;
I O [M] | TIT[INIVS] | PINE[S reversed-C] | leaf L[EG ..] | V [.] | VS[LM]
(perhaps XX Val Vict)
- loc Godmanstone Church
- subst Limestone NOI;
Eaton 2000, p.107:
`the exact petrology of the altar from Godmanstone has not been established'
-
-
- name Hooper St Fragment 2
- cat DOUBTFUL
- site London, Hooper St, 1988
- grid TQ 3420 8095
- source RB in 1988, Britannia 20 (1989) p.327
- desc Cemetery, inhumations and cremations. Inscribed slab
of coarse blue-grey marble, part of a funerary monument 0.245 x 0.28 x 0.035m
thick, found 1988 with building rubble filling a cut, possibly a grave ...
back of slab roughly dressed and has mortar adhering, dowel hole in bottom
edge. Within a moulded border a neatly cut inscr:
D[M]|L POMPEI[O*F]LICETO*DA[...]|POMPTINA[AR]|RETIO A[N...] H F [C]
- subst uncertain
- comment a man from Arretium, tribe Pomptina
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