124 Inscribed ItoJiAy Stones of Dumkkiesshire. 



Birreus oi miles, and occupies the sits of tlie structure pulled 

 down in 1815. It is by no means improbable that part of the 

 materials for the latter may have been brought from Birrens. On 

 the other hand, if this was not originally a Birrens stone, then a 

 post on Birrenswark Ilill, or some other position in the neig'h- 

 bourhood, must have been held by the cohort for a longer or 

 shorter period. 



Expand: —I{ovi) 0{piimd) M{aximo) \jacnini\. Coh(ors) I. 

 Nervana Germanor{iiin), miliaria, eq{intata), aii praeest L. Faenius 

 Felix, trib{unus), \ fecit] ; and translate : — " (Sacred) to Jupiter, 

 the best and greatest. The First Cohort of Germans, (called) the 

 Nervana, under the command of L. Fseuius Felix, the tribune, 

 (erected this)." 



11). Found at Birrens, 188G ; preserved at Burnfoot House 

 (1896;. 



A small altar-shaped stone, lOi in. by 6 in. In 



FORTY . ■" 



NAE vo the top is a square depression 2^ in. wide, possibly 

 "^"^ ^^ intended to receive a small statue of Fortune. 

 The meaning of the inscription is sufficiently plain. 



20. Found in the course of recent excavations at Birrens ; in 

 the National Museum, Edinburgh. 



A roughly-dressed stone. Hi- in. by lOi- in. 

 LEG . VI , VI with a short inscription punctured on it in faintly 

 marked letters. It belongs to the class already 

 described as legionary. 



Expand : — Leg{io) VI. Viidrix) ; i.e., " The Sixth Legion, 

 (called) the Victorious." 



21. Same recent history as 20. 



Part of a small votive slab, which, Avhen entire, had been 

 1ft. 5 in. broad and 1 ft. 10 in. high. 



In all probability the inscription began with the letters 

 I . . M, on a part of the stone now broken off. What i-emains 

 of the first of the remaining lines and the beginning 

 NO sacvr' of the second suggest that the missing letters of the 

 MAGVN former are ICHB. Dolichenus was an eastern god 



'^'^ ^^ widely worshipped in the Roman army during the 



second and third centuries, and frequently identified with Jupiter, 



