Roman altar stones unearthed at Scottish cricket ground

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Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian. Councillor Paul McLennan, cabinet member for community wellbeing at East Lothian Council, said: "The discovery of these remains is particularly exciting as it is not often that Roman altar stones are discovered during an archaeological excavation in Scotland....

 

...full article at the BBC

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Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian. Councillor Paul McLennan, cabinet member for community wellbeing at East Lothian Council, said: "The discovery of these remains is particularly exciting as it is not often that Roman altar stones are discovered during an archaeological excavation in Scotland....

 

...full article at the BBC

 

It will be interesting to see how, or even if, any inscriptions which may be identified on these altar stone compare with the previously known material from the area which has been listed on the Roman Britain site:

 

Three Latin inscriptions on stone have been recovered from the environs of Inveresk, two are recorded in the R.I.B. and another was reported in the Britannia journal. There are two altarstones or religious inscriptions dedicated by the same government official (vide infra), and a building-stone which reads simply CH VIIII "The Ninth Cohort" (RIB 2133).

 

Altarstones Dedicated by Quintus Lusius Sabinianus

 

APOLLINI GRANNO Q LVSIVS SABINIANVS PROC AVG V S L V M

 

"For Apollo Grannus, Quintus Lusius Sabinianus, overseer of the emperor, fulfils his vow freely, gladly and deservedly."

 

(RIB 2132; altarstone)

 

...Q LVSIVS SABINIANVS PROC AVG

 

"[...] Quintus Lusius Sabinianus, the imperial procurator."

(Britannia 1977.30)