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tablet
Object Type
tablet
Museum number
1978,0102.77
Description
Lead tablet
Cultures/periods
Romano-British
Production date
2ndC-4thC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Committee for Rescue Archaeology in Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
West Hill (Gloucestershire)
, Context 62 (dated AD 370-380)
Materials
lead
Dimensions
Length:
135 millimetres
Width:
85 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Woodward & Leach 1993 / The Uley Shrines; Excavation of a ritual complex on West Hill, Uley, Glooucestershire; 1977-9
(p. 118-120 Fig. 100)
(front)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2005 15 Feb-present, Oxford, Oxford University, LT Loan for study.
Subjects
classical deity
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Cenacus
Named in inscription:
Hermes/Mercury
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Major C A Goldingham
Donated by:
Eleanor Rosalie Goldingham
Acquisition date
1978
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1978,0102.77
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
SF 1180
Conservation
Treatment
: 29 Nov 1978