Small altar. Described in Eboracum as "Altar, of magnesian limestone, 5ins by 11ins by 4 and 1/2 ins,. The vestigial capital does not project beyond the die, nor does the base, but here the surface has been roughly chiselled off, possible to make the stone suitable for a building stone. Found ... at St May's convent, Nunnery Lane, in a cache of Roman stones. DEO VE TERI PRIML VS VO(VIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO) 'To the god Veteris, Primulus vowed (this altar) gladly and deservedly." Veteris or Huitris was a Germanic deity and most of the dedications are by folk who could not afford a large or expensive altar; chiefly civilians; all are confined to the military regions of northern Britain."
