THE ROMAN STATIONS OF DERBYSHIRE. 73 
hearth, with heaps of rubbish, were discovered, as if the pig had 
been cast on the spot. 
The third of the Derbyshire inscribed pigs was found in April, 
1787, near Matlock, and was described by Pegge in the ‘ Archze- 
ologia” (Vol. 1X., p. 45). Whilst the one last described appeared 
to have been cast in nine or ten layers, this one was said to 
consist of about thirty layers, “as if smelted at so many different 
times.” It weighed 173 lbs., was 174 inches long on the inscribed 
side, and 20 inches on the other, 64 inches wide, and 4 in thick- 
ness. Its inscription was— 
Tech. tae. BR EX . ARG. 
After a vast amount of discussion of these inscriptions by anti- 
quaries, the opinions of Dr. McCaul (author of “ Britanno Roman 
Inscriptions ”), and Professor Hiibner, of Berlin, are those which 
are generally recognised as yielding the correct translation. 
In the main these two antiquaries agree, though there are some 
slight differences of construction. 
The first inscription is expanded by Dr. McCaul—/mf(eratoris) 
Caes(aris) Hadriani Aug(usti) Me¢(allis) Zut(udensibus). Dr. 
Hubner reads the two last words as AZe¢(allorum) Zw¢(udensium). 
He gives the last word with a query. The sense in either case, 
as far as the translation is concerned, is that the pig belonged to 
the Emperor Hadrian, and that it was of Lutudensian metal. 
The mines may either have been worked by the Roman govern- 
ment, or if leased to private individuals, a certain amount of the 
lead produced was held as tribute for the Emperor, in which case 
this block would be a portion of the said tribute. 
The second inscription Dr. McCaul expands Z(ucii) Aruconi(i) 
Verecundi Metailis) Lutud(ensibus), thus agreeing with his con- 
struction of MET. LVT. in the first inscription. Dr. Hiibner’s 
reading is the same, with the exception that he also adheres to his 
construction of MET . LVT. in the first-mamed inscription, again 
expanding it as AZefa/(lorum) Zufud(ensium). This pig was from 
a private mine, its owner being Lucius Aruconius Verecundus. 
The third inscription is read by Dr. McCaul Z7(berii) C/(audii) 
