. The Archaeological journal. he gives as follows:— SEO ESAM ROLNASON OSALVEDN AL. Q. Q. SAR BBEVENM BEDIANIS ANTOM IVS MEC. VI. IC r, perhaps, was so unmeaning a concatenation of letterssubmitted to the gaze of a bewil---— dered antiquary. Camden could make nothing of the inscription,but BUggests somewhat waggishlythai it contained little more thanthe British names of places ad-joining. Ilorsley grappled withCamdens corrupted copy, andelicited one portion of truth. HeBays, I believe the foui th linemay he Alae equitum Sarma[ tarum I. The altar seems soon after itsdisco\ ery to ha\
. The Archaeological journal. he gives as follows:— SEO ESAM ROLNASON OSALVEDN AL. Q. Q. SAR BBEVENM BEDIANIS ANTOM IVS MEC. VI. IC r, perhaps, was so unmeaning a concatenation of letterssubmitted to the gaze of a bewil---— dered antiquary. Camden could make nothing of the inscription,but BUggests somewhat waggishlythai it contained little more thanthe British names of places ad-joining. Ilorsley grappled withCamdens corrupted copy, andelicited one portion of truth. HeBays, I believe the foui th linemay he Alae equitum Sarma[ tarum I. The altar seems soon after itsdisco\ ery to ha\ e been used as acommon building-stone in theereel ion of Salisbury I [all. InL815 it was disentombed, andfell into the hands of Dr. Whit-aker, who bequeathed it to College. Dr. Whitakerclli bory of Richmondshire, 70Lii. p. 161) thus expands the inscription: Deo sancto ApollintApono 06 8alutem Domini nostri ala equitum Sarmatarum POMPONSALVEDN;•E ao-SAU . mm RDIANl- !jTON! : vs ;vj ! to , \tsj:j:( 1 . mi. FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 227 Brenetcn. sub Dianio Antonino centurione legionis setteevictricis. The correctness of this reading, in the main,cannot be disputed, but one or two emendations may besuggested. Instead of Apono, which Dr. Whitaker conceivesto be an epithet of Apollo, Mapono is probably the truereading. We nowhere else meet with Aponus (indolent) asan epithet of this deity. At Plumpton, in Cumberland, analtar has been found which is inscribed1— DEO MArONOET To Mr. Roach Smith I am indebted for the reading now o suggested, as well as for the idea that Maponus may be theBritish name of Apollo, as Belatucader is of Mars. It isnothing uncommon to address a god both by his classical andlocal name. The first letter in the fourth line appears to be N(numerus) rather than a (aid) ; both designations as appliedto a troop of cavalry are common. The last letter on theninth line is worthy of notice. The sculptor seems in thefirst instance to have made
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