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ROMAN ALTAR AT ROCHESTER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWCASTLE JOURNAL.

Thorneyburn Rectory, December 11th, 1852.

Dear Sir,—I herewith send the explanation of the inscription, which I forwarded you on the 25th of October last, and of which I then forwarded a copy, with the translation, to a friend, with the exception of the letter V instead of T in the first line, which letter I could not then account for, but have since discovered it to be an interpolation, having obtained, by a rubbing, the remains of the letter V, for which T was substituted, V being, historically, the correct reading.

I am, dear Sir, yours truly,
THOMAS SURRIDGE.

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Inscription on the Monument found at Rochester in the last week of September, copied from the stone, by Dr. Surridge, October 22nd, viz.:—

See Plate 2.
Fig. 6.

IMP — — CAES V AELI o
HD ANTONINO — AVG PIO PP
— SVB — QLoL VRBICO —
LEG AVG — PRO PRÆ
COHĪLING
EQF

Inscription expanded.

Expansion.

Imperatore Cæsare Vero Ælio hoc dedicavit Antonino Augusto Pio P. P. (sapienti Viro bono) Quinctio Lollio Urbico Legato Augustali Proprætore, Cohors Ima. Lingonum—ergique fecit.

Translation.

During the reign of Verus Ælius Cæsar, the first cohort of the Lingones dedicated this to Antoninus Pius, P. P. (a wise and good man,) and caused it to be erected, Quinctus Lollius, Urbicus^{[errata 1]} (or City Prefect,) being Augustan Lieutenant and Proprætor.

Errata

1. Original: Arbicus was amended to Urbicus: detail