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Roman stone inscription (Rufinius)
Well-dressed stone with moulded ansate panel, within which is the inscription. Above the inscription is a scroll; below it an ovolo motif. There are traces of mortar on the face from the stone's re-use in a later period.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
57.45
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Amphitheatre, Caerleon
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1956
Notes: found at entrance H of the amphitheatre. Built, face-downwards, into the face of the south wall of the main stairway, about 5 feet west of the lateral stair-case-entrance, in approximately the fifth course from the top of the wall. Found during consolidation work.
Acquisition
Donation, 1/2/1957
Material
blue lias limestone
Location
Caerleon: Inscriptions (open display)
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