altar;
holy water-vessel(re-use);
stoup(re-use)
- Museum number
- 1774,0715.1
- Description
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Buff sandstone altar dedicated to Herakles. On left side, knife and bucranium; on right, wreath. Front is inscribed in Greek. The capital has been hollowed out and has a metal fitting for a cover, presumably as a medieval stoup. The base has also been hollowed out but is broken away in front, as if it had once been reused as a stoup and then superseded. The capital in its original form.
- Production date
- 3rdC
- Dimensions
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Height: 101 millimetres
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Thickness: 40 millimetres
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Width: 55 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The top of the capital has been hollowed out to serve as a holy-water stoup. A metal dowel in the rear right-hand corner suggests that the stoup had a lid. The base has been similarly hollowed out (CSIR 1, 1).
- Location
- On display (G49/od)
- Condition
- Lower part of the right side of the shaft is missing. Substantial damage to the base.
- Acquisition date
- 1774
- Acquisition notes
- Seen in the churchyard by C. Hunter in 1702
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1774,0715.1
