124 InscRIBED RoMAN STONES OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
Birrens 34 miles, and occupies the site of the structure pulled 
down in 1815. Itis 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 Hill, or some other position in the neigh- 
bourhood, must have been held by the cohort for a longer or 
shorter period. 
Expand :—JL(ovt) O(ptimo) M(axtmo) [sacrum]. Coh(ors) J. 
Nervana Germanor(um), miliaria, eq(uitata), cut pracest L. Faentus 
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. Feenius Felix, the tribune, 
(erected this).” 
Z : 
19. Found at Birrens, 1886; preserved at Burnfoot House 
(1896). 
eau A small altar-shaped stone, 104 in. by 6in. In 
NAE VO the top is a square depression 24 in. wide, possibly 
ve 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, 11} in. by 104.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 :—Zeg(t0) V2. Vilctrix); te, The sixth Legion, 
(called) the Victorious.” 
21. Same recent history as 20. 
Part of a small votive slab, which, when entire, had been 
1ft. 5 in. broad and 1 ft. 10 in. high. 
In all probability the inscription began with the letters 
I.0.M, ona part of the stone now broken off. What remains 
Seer ad of the first of the remaining lines and the beginning 
No SACR of the second suggest that the missing letters of the 
MAGVN former are ICHE. Dolichenus was an eastern god 
Ra widely worshipped in the Roman army. during the 
second and third centuries, and frequently identified with Jupiter. 
