Collection Item: Altar

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Altar
Inscribed object
Object category
Roman
Description
Described in Eboracim as "altar, of gritstone, 1ft by 1ft 8ins, by 1ft with the top broken off. Found in 1875, on 'a small pile of stones', on the site of the present Railway Station. .................... D] E O GENIO LOCI V(OTVM)] S(OLVIT) L(IBENS) M(ERITO) '...to the god, the Genius of the place, willingly and deservedly pays his vow.' The name of the dedicator presumably came first..."
Production date start
43
Production date end
410

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 2007.6199
Number of objects
1
ID
11545

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Stone (Whole)
Gritstone (Whole)

Find spot

Place
York