Religious dedication

Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 12

Object name: religious dedication

Description: Part of the moulded corner from the top of an altar or architectural feature with letters 3 inches high.

Period: Roman2nd century, late3rd century, early

Place found: Chester

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 16 inches; width 6 inches; depth 6 inches

Inscription: [...]B AVG ET
[Numini]b(us) Aug(ustorum) et [...
To the Deities of the Emperors and ...
Similar dedications were not infrequently made, especially in Britain, about the end of the second and the commencement of the third centuries Latin


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