NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 489 
Dr. Bruce offers no explanation, but remarks :— 
“Tt was found together with three others of Mithraic character, The third 
line is somewhat obscure, and the subsequent lines are nearly obliterated by the 
action of the weather. Mr. Thos. Hodgson has described this and the other altars 
found on the same occasion in the Arch. Aliana, vol. iv. p. 6.” 
On reference to Mr. Hodgson’s description, I find that the only 
letters of the doubtful word, which he attempts to explain, are the 
first four ANIO. These he regards as “the dative case of ANIVS, 
who was the son of Apollo and Rhea,”’ and he cites in illustration 
(apparently with approval!) one of Mr. Faber’s wild speculations, 
that “Rheo” [thus Mr. F. calls the mother of Anius] “is the same 
as Rhea, a mere personification of the Ark; Apollo is the solar Noah ; 
and Anius is also the great patriarch, under the title of Aniun, the 
naval deity.” 
It appears, from a comparison of the representations of the altar, 
as figured by Dr. Bruce and Mr. Hodgson, that it is doubtful whether 
the fourth letter is C or O; and that the last two, read by Dr. Bruce 
as RO, are not distinct. 
I am of opinion that the true readmg is ANICETO, and that the 
word is nothing more than the Greek ANIKHTO([1] im Latin charac- 
ters, Le. dvixyTw, invicto, the epithet so frequently applied to Mithras, 
Sol, and Apollo. 
32. In the Journal of the Archeological Association, Vol. IX., p. 
91, there is a description of various articles of the Roman period, 
which were exhibited by Mr. Guuston, who stated that he was in- 
formed that they had been found in London. Im addition to the 
reasons which are there given for believing that the information 
communicated to that gentleman was incorrect, there seems to me 
to be in one of the inscriptions ground for suspicion that it was not 
found in Britain. The inscription to which I refer, is 
L: AVTRONI 
VRBANI: OL: II 
The reading of this is evidently :—Zwcii Autronii Urbani olle due. 
Now there is no example, so far as I am aware, of any British 
inscription mentioning the olle, which are so commonly noticed in 
stones found in Italy. The only sepulchral designations in inserip- 
tions found in Britain, so far as I recollect, are monimentum, tumulus, 
