122 INSCRIBED Roman Stoxes of Dumfriesshire. 



A fragment of an inscribed stoue, IG in. high by 10|- in. 

 broad. Of the breadth there appears to be nearly one-half left ; 



how much of the length is uncertain. Only four letters 

 g^ of the inscription remain. The stone seems to have been a 



small votive altar slab, sacred to MA . . . , probably 

 either Marti Vidori or Matribus. 



14. "Found about the year 1812 at Birrens," and " in the 

 collection of C. K. Sharpe, Esq." (Wilson, Prehist. Ann. of Scot- 

 land, 1st ed., 1851) ; depositedin the Museum of the University of 

 Edinburgh" (Stuart, Cat. Rom., 2nded., 1852) ; deposited by the 

 Senatus of the University in the National Museum, Edinburgh, 

 in 1866. 



A much ornamented and solid-looking altar, 4 ft. 7 in. high 



and 2 ft. 6 in. broad at the top. Well-marked mouldings divide 



the central portion from the base and 



MARTI ET VICTO ^ , ^^ ' , , 



RiAE . AVG . c . RAE pedestal. ^ext to these at the top and bot- 

 Ti MiLiT . IN COH tom are panelled spaces, filled with leaf- 



PRAEEs?siLvivs ^^"^^ °^ *^® ^^^^ character as in No. 12. 



AVSPEX - PRAEF. On the top are two volutes with a bason- 



"^ • s • ^ • ^'^ shaped projection between them. The 



C . RAETI of the inscription is explained as Gives Raeti, that is, 



soldiers levied in Eaetia, now the south-east of Germany. 



Expanding and translating, we have: — Marti et Victorias 

 Augustae [sacrum]. C{ives) Raeti milit{antes) in coh{orte) II. Tungr 

 {orufn) ciii praeest Silvius Aiispex, Praef{ectus) , [fecemnt]. V(otumJ 

 s{o/yerunt) l{ibetites) m{erito) ; i.e., " (Sacred) to Mars and Victoria 

 the August. Raetian citizens, serving in the second cohort of 

 Tungriaus, commanded by Silvius Auspex, the Prefect, (erected 

 this). They performed their vow willingly, deservedly." 



15. Same recent history as No. 14. 



An altar 3 ft. 7| in. high and 1 ft. llf in. broad. Above the 



inscription are four mouldings, alternately square and round ; and 



below are two of the same kind. The top is 



DEAE RICAGM ... , . i . ^ vt ^ a 



BEDAE PAGVS s^il^r to that of No. 14. 



VELLAVS MILIT Like the two at Hoddam Castle, this altar 



coH II TVNG jg dedicated to a foreign deity, Ricagambeda, of 



whom nothing is known. Expanding, we read : — 

 Deae Ricag(a)mbedae \sacrum\ Pagiis Vellaus milit{ans) Coh{orte) 

 II. Tung{rorum) [fecit']. V{ott(m) s{olvit) /{ibens) m(erito). 



