Tituli Hunteriani An Account of the Roman Stones in the Hunterian Museum Unive
Tituli Hunteriani An Account of the Roman Stones in the Hunterian Museum Unive
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Fig. I.
Gordon, Additions, etc. P. 5 and Plate LXVI. Fig. I (1732); M. I. R. XII. (2°); Stuart, p. 336 and Plate XII. Fig. I; C. I. L. 1 1 17.
"When, " writes Gordon, "I was last in those westerly parts of Scotland, taking a survey of the ground between the Forth and Clyd, in order to demonstrate by a geometrical plan how easily a canal might be made between the east and west seas of Britain, through that isthmus, for navigating vessels, I learned that some country people at Schervy had dug up ...stones with letters upon them, though none could tell them what they were ; on which I immediately went to the place and drew them on the spot. " The first he mentions is this tablet, which has been broken into four or five pieces.
The letters of the inscription are arranged thus : VEX LEG II G Expanded, it becomes — Vexijllatid) Leg(ionis) II[Au]g{ustae) Auchendavy 65 [fecit] ; i. E. " A vexillation of the Second Legion, the August, (made it). " The tablet had measured 3 ft. 9I in. By 2 ft. 2^ in.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Fig. I.
Gordon, Additions, etc. P. 5 and Plate LXVI. Fig. I (1732); M. I. R. XII. (2°); Stuart, p. 336 and Plate XII. Fig. I; C. I. L. 1 1 17.
"When, " writes Gordon, "I was last in those westerly parts of Scotland, taking a survey of the ground between the Forth and Clyd, in order to demonstrate by a geometrical plan how easily a canal might be made between the east and west seas of Britain, through that isthmus, for navigating vessels, I learned that some country people at Schervy had dug up ...stones with letters upon them, though none could tell them what they were ; on which I immediately went to the place and drew them on the spot. " The first he mentions is this tablet, which has been broken into four or five pieces.
The letters of the inscription are arranged thus : VEX LEG II G Expanded, it becomes — Vexijllatid) Leg(ionis) II[Au]g{ustae) Auchendavy 65 [fecit] ; i. E. " A vexillation of the Second Legion, the August, (made it). " The tablet had measured 3 ft. 9I in. By 2 ft. 2^ in.
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