Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 16

Object name: centurial building stone

Description: Centurial building stone.

Period: Roman

Place found: Chester

Date: 1748

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 29 inches; width 13 inches

Inscription: COH I C OCRATI / MAXIMI LMP
Coh(ortis) i c(enturia) Ocrati Maximi. LMP.
The century of Ocratius Maximus, in the first cohort (of the legion) built this
LMP seem to be the initials of the soldier who cut the letters. The mark before LMP is a rude leaf stop. Latin