Thursday 20 May 2010

Roman Altars at Musselburgh - Inveresk


Still waiting for some further information to appear on these. The disovery was reported a few weeks ago now and the press release repeated quite widely. No follow up so far. There is a suggestion that one is a dedication to Jupiter (this would be quite usual at forts in the north and might give us the name of the unit stationed there). But are the altars face down in the photo? A previous altar from the area (RIB 2132) was a dedication to Apollo Grannus by Q. Lusius Sabinianus, imperial procurator, who is also recorded on a second, more fragmentary (and later re-used) altar (RIB 3499). It will be interesting to compare these more recent discoveries.