lis 



Inscribed Iioman Stones of Dumfriesshire. 



insci-iirtion (Henzen's, No. (J77o), which seems to fix the meaiiing' 

 of ordinato here as " Centurion." Penuaut inserts tribitiio after 

 ordinato. but without any authority. 



D M 

 AFVTIANO 

 BASSI . OR 

 DINATO . 

 COH II TVN 

 FLAVIA . BAETI 

 CA CONIVNX 

 FAC . CVRAVIT 



D M 



AFVTIAWO 

 B^SShOR 



DINAT O- 



COHIITVN 



FUVIA'BAETl 



CACONIVNX 

 FAC 0CVRAVt 



Fig'. 3. Scale -j-^-. 



We miy expand tlius : — D{is) Mianibus) [sa:riim]. Afutiatio 

 Bassi, ordinato Coh{ortis) II. Tun{groru!n), Flavia Baetica^ conjunx 

 facijenduiii) curavit ; i.e.^ "(Sacred) to tlie Divine Manes. To 

 Afutianus, (son of) Bassus, centurion in the Second Cohort of 

 Tungrians, his wife, Flavia Baetica, caused this to be erected." 



The slab is interesting- as the only relic we have of the 

 Birrens cemetery. The spot where it was found has unfortu- 

 nately not been recorded. But this monument and a fragment of 

 another, now lost, seen by Pennant along with it, can have been 

 but a small part of a class of lapidary records with which Birrens 

 would have enriched us had the clue affoi'ded by their dis- 

 covery been followed up. A search, even yet, for the spot might 

 amply repay the cost. There is some evidence in favour of the 

 supposition that the cemetery was situated to the west of the 

 station proper. As its discovery would almost certainly be cf 

 importance, it is jserraissible to hope that, at some future time and 

 under suitable arrangements, an attempt may be made to find it. 



10. " Found at the station at Burrens " (Pennant); seen by 

 Pennant at Iloddam Castle in 1772 ; " in the collection of Charles 



