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altar
Object Type
altar
Museum number
1970,0701.7
Description
Top of red sandstone altar; front decorated with three rosettes, two lines of inscription.
Cultures/periods
Romano-British
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Kirkby Thore
Materials
sandstone
Dimensions
Height:
395 millimetres
Thickness:
170 millimetres
Width:
380 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
R I B / The Roman Inscriptions of Britain
(No.762)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Sotheby's
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale
Acquisition notes
Sotheby's sale 1st December 1969, kept at Lowther Castle until sold. Found in 1738
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1970,0701.7
