126 InscrIBED RoMAN STONES OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
&.], Tito Aelio Hadriano Antonino Augusto |Pio\, Patre Patriae, 
Pontifice Maximo, tribuniciae potestatts XXI., Consule IV., Cohors 
Il. Tungrorum miliaria, equitata, civium Latinorum, sub Jul 
. . . Legato Augusti Pro-Praetore [ posuit] ; t.e., * In the reign 
of (or in honour of) the Emperor Cesar Titus Atlius Hadrianus 
Antoninus Augustus (Pius), Father of his Country, Chief Pontiff, 
invested with the tribunitial power twenty-one times, four times 
consul, the Second Cohort of Tungrians,a thousand strong, of 
which a due proportion is cavalry, and in possession of the 
privilege of Latin citizenship, (erected this) under Jul 
Legate of the Emperor as Governor of Britain.” 
23. (Pl. IL, figs. 1 and 2, and pl. L., fig. 2.) Same recent 
history as Nos. 20, 21, and 22. 
An altar, 3 ft. 2 in. high, 1 ft. 11 in. broad at the top, and 1 
ft. 8 in. across the middle in front. The capital is ornamented on 
all four sides by a narrow cornice of fretwork and two mouldings, 
the higher of which is rounded and projects over the lower. To 
these succeed three lines of delicately carved work, which are 
interrupted in front by pillars that support what appears to be the 
roof of a domed building. On the top are volutes enriched with 
rosettes, and on a projection between the volutes a patera-like 
depression. A patera with an ornate handle is sculptured on the 
right side of the altar, and a sacrificial axe and knife on the left. 
An enlarged view of the top is given on pl. L., fig. 2. 
The altar is dedicated to the disciplinary 
ene RS severity of the emperor, adored as a divine 
Gae W. attribute. This honour appears to have been 
DV NGRe) | first paid to Hadrian. 
Me EO a Expand :—Dzscip(linae) Aug(ustt) Coh(ors) 
II. Tungr(orum), miliaria), eg(uitata), c(wium) L(atinorum) 
[ posuit] 2e.— To the Discipline of the Emperor, the second 
Cohort of Tungrians, a thousand strong, with a due proportion 
of cavalry, and in possession of the privilege of Latin citizens 
(erected this).” 
At some time the altar had been thrown into a well in the 
pretorian buildings, where it remained till discovered in the 
course of the recent excavations. 
24. (Pl. IL, fig. 3.) Same recent history as 20, 21, 22, 
and 23. 
