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He subsequently wrote : — 



"The true reading is, aelius modestus deo marti, round the bottom 

 of the inside, and, in the centre of the circle, the letter R. This was made 

 out by the Curator of the Museum, Mr. A. J. Evans, and after carefully- 

 looking at the object myself, I am sure he is right. 



It is simply, melius modestus to the god mars. What the central 

 R means, I do not know. 



Borlase read 'Livius Modestus Driuli f[ilius] Deo Marti,' but there 

 are neither letters nor space for letters between Modestus and Deo." 



Mr. Evans enclosed a facsimile of the lettering, which I 

 copy to illustrate this paper ; and Mr. HaverfLeld, a photograph 

 of the cup.* 



With regard to the supposed names, Dr. Borlase shewed 

 that they were in common use. "We can do the same with respect 

 to those really found. iElius and Modestus both occur very 

 frequently in Roman inscriptions, the former as a " nomen," the 

 latter as a "cognomen." No "prsenomen" appears in this 

 legend. 



By a curious coincidence we observe that just as this patera, 

 libation-bowl, bason, or cup, in Cornwall was dedicated by some 

 warrior to Mars, so was an altar to Hercules in Northumberland 

 by a cohort of Roman soldiers under the command of an officer, 

 whose name was very similar, if not identical. In the Newcastle 

 Museum is an " ara "f 3-ft. 7-in. high, 1 -ft. 9-in. broad, thus 



inscribed:}: : — 



hercvli "i [The soldiers of the 1st 



coh. i. TVNGROR. j cohort of the Tungri, 



MIL I (over which Publius 



f ^lius Modestus is 

 cvi priest r. ael I Prefect)j to Her . 



MODESTVS PR^EF. J cules]. 



This Publius iElius Modestus, then, wasPrefect§ of the 1st 

 Tungrian|| Cohort. Moreover Newcastle itself, at or near the 



* The leaden jug (A) found with it, and the very similar tin jug discovered 

 full of coins at Caerhayes, being also shewn in the same view. The former, with 

 its handle, is complete ; the latter is deprived of mouth and handle, — its 

 discoverers having mutilated it, to get at its contents. 



f From Housesteads situate near the middle of Hadrian's wall. 



X Hubner, No. 635. 



§ A Prsefectus Sociorum corresponded to a Legionary Tribune. 



|| Tungri, a German people who settled in Gaul, where are now the Nether- 

 lands. Their chief town was Tongern or Tongres (on the Jaar, 9 miles from 

 Liege). 



