² Now in Winchester City Museum. Mr. F. Cottrill kindly sent details and a photograph.

³ Hants FC Proc. XVIII (1954), 319, fig. 1Google Scholar.

⁴ Dewar, Miles and Smith, , Som. and Dorset NQ XXVII (1956), 107Google Scholar. For the site see JRS XLVII (1957), 222Google Scholar. Now in the Blake Museum, Bridgwater. Mr. T. J. Miles kindly sent a drawing and a squeeze.

⁵ Mr. M. J. Campen kindly submitted it for study.

⁶ This field is now no. 4495 on OS 25 in. map, revised edn. 1952. The grid ref. is TL 865191.

⁷ A substantial part of the text was deciphered by Professor I. A. Richmond and the present writer; the latter has made the drawing (fig. 20). Much is also due to Professor E. G. Turner and Mr. N. E. Collinge, whose aid is gratefully acknowledged.

⁸ mulrer: for mulier. mascel: variant for masculus condemned by Probus (inst. artium IV, 102, 13), but used in Itala, lev. 6, 29 (see Thes. LL. s.v.). 4, 5 exesuerit: this form seems to be unmatched, but may be a solecism influenced by the future participle exesurus or the desiderative verb -esurio.

⁹ Excavated by the University College of North Staffordshire; Professor J. M. T. Charlton kindly sent details and photographs. For the site see above, P. 137.

¹⁰ From a squeeze and photograph Mr. N. E. Collinge proposed to fill the remaining gaps thus: l. 4 [HOC]; ll. 4, 5 MIN[VS] E[STE] [D]I VVA, noting that transposition of vita and felices would produce a normal caesura; ll. 5, 6 PROHIBENT VBI TA[R]TAR(A) ADITIS; l. 7 SI[DVS], citing Lewis and Short s.v. sidus II E for sidus as the source of life's portion.

¹¹ Now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Mr. G. C. Boon kindly sent a photograph, squeeze, and details. Dr. F. J. North kindly provided a geological report.

¹² Dr. G. M. Trevelyan, O.M., kindly granted access; drawn by the present writer in 1947. Bruce (Lap. Sept. 566) records at Hallington Hall an uninscribed altar from the collection which Archdeacon Singleton had once assembled at Elsdon Rectory, including items from High Rochester and Risingham. As l. 6 mentions Vangiones (and not Vardulli), the altar may be assigned to Risingham.

¹³ Presented to the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne, by Mr. R. P. Ramshaw; drawn by the present writer. Mr. G. Jobey kindly provided details and photographs; see AA⁴ XXXVI (1958)Google Scholar forthcoming.

¹⁴ See Simpson, and Richmond, , AA⁴ XIX (1941), 7Google Scholar, fig. 1.

¹⁵ Richmond, , CW² LVI (1956), 26Google Scholar, pl. II, 1; fig. 2.

¹⁶ Mr. C. Anderson kindly provided the measurements of distance, Professor E. Birley information about (b), and Mr. J. P. Gillam information about (a)—(h). The present writer has drawn each item. For the site see above, p. 134.

¹⁷ For Fenius as a variant of Faenius see CIL VI, 17664.

¹⁸ A centurial stone, IVLI PRI[.., was found near milecastle 8 (CIL VII, 502g).

¹⁹ Atkinson, D., JRS XLVII (1957), 196Google Scholar, fig. 7, with full discussion of the names of the witnesses. Now in the Corinium Museum, Cirencester; seen by the present writer.

²⁰ Grid ref. SE 937305; the site is 2½ miles north of Brough-on-Humber, 1,000 yds. NE of the Roman road (Ermine Street), and a mile SE of South Cave, where the pig EE IX, 1265, was found. Now on loan in Hull Museum; Mr. J. B. Thirsk kindly supplied a squeeze, rubbings, and details.

²¹ Chester ASJ² XLIII (1956), 47Google Scholar, fig. 2. Now in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester.

²² Found in the excavations conducted by Birmingham University, and destined for Rowley's House Museum, Shrewsbury. Mr. G. Webster kindly sent it for study. The name seems to be unmatched in Willers, Roemischen Bronzeeimer or Neue Untersuchungen, or Radnoti Diss. Pann. ser. 2, no. 6.

²³ Mr. S. S. Frere kindly sent it through Miss D. Charlesworth. For a stamp, MERCO·F, which, however, is circular, see CIL XII, 5696, 11; Kisa III, p. 964, no. 277. For the site see above, p. 141.

²⁴ On behalf of Gravesend Historical Society Miss D. Charlesworth kindly sent it, observing that this type of bowl was imported from the Rhineland in the late second and early third century; see Arch. Cant. LXXI, 239, and see above, p. 149.

²⁵ Mr. S. S. Frere kindly sent it through Miss D. Charlesworth, who dates it within 160–250, and says that similar bowls have a fish and engraved inscription (as at Silchester and Chesters), or ‘Bibamus’ and gladiatorial scenes (BJ CXVIII (1909), pl. XXV)Google Scholar.

²⁶ Now in Lincoln Museum; Mr. D. F. Petch kindly sent it for study. For the site see above, p. 136.

²⁷ Now in Guildhall Museum; Mr. N. C. Cook kindly made it available.

²⁸ Mr. S. S. Frere and Miss J. Liversidge kindly provided a photograph, rubbings, and details.

²⁹ Mr. S. S. Frere kindly submitted it.

³⁰ Mr. L. P. Wenham kindly submitted these items. For the site see above, pp. 135 f.

³¹ Now in the Grosvenor Museum. Mr. F. H. Thompson kindly sent it for study, cf. JRS XLVII, 207 f.

³² Now in the possession of Mr. F. Greenway, who kindly supplied details and squeezes. For the type see CIL VII, 1235 f.; RCHM Roman London 176, no. 55a.

³³ Presented to Guildhall Museum by Mr. F. Greenway. For the type see RCHM l. c., no. 55g.

³⁴ Grid ref. SO 869169. Now in Gloucester City Museum; Mr. J. N. Taylor kindly sent it for study. For these stamps see JRS XLV (1955), 68Google Scholar.

³⁵ See EE VII, 1136, found in 1881 in Lincoln. Mr. D. F. Petch kindly sent a squeeze and photograph.

³⁶ The excavation was undertaken for the Lincoln Archaeological Research Committee and H.M. Ministry of Works by Mr. D. F. Petch. He has kindly provided squeezes and a detailed report, which is here summarized. The tiles are in Lincoln Museum. For the site, see above, p. 136. For similar terminal letters on a series from Gloucestershire see Mrs. Clifford, , JRS XLV (1955), 69Google Scholar.

³⁷ CIL VII, 1251 (Lincoln) records L·V·L·F, seen by Huebner in the British Museum. This stamp, on inspection, has no clear stops, and letter 4 has an irregular stroke at the foot, which makes it possible to interpret it as E.

³⁸ Mr. B. R. Hartley kindly gave details and submitted the stamps.

³⁹ Now in Coventry Museum. Mr. B. Stanley kindly sent details, a drawing, and a squeeze. For the site the grid reference is SP 345748. As this tile was included in a box of pottery from the Baginton pit and covered with the same sandy deposit, it seems very probable that it is a local find and has not been transferred in modern times from Gloucester. For the Hucclecote example see JRS XLV (1955), 71, pl. XV, 14(a)Google Scholar.

⁴⁰ Now in Warwick Museum. Mr. B. Stanley kindly sent it for study and gave full details. For the kiln see Sanders, and Phelps, , B'ham. Arch. Soc. Trans. L (1924), 54Google Scholar.

⁴¹ Mr. J. C. McCulloch kindly submitted it and provided a photograph. For a Roman tilery at Wykehurst Farm, Cranleigh, ⅓ mile to the south, see Surrey AC XLV (1937), 77Google Scholar.

⁴² Mr. G. Webster kindly submitted it. For the site see above, pp. 144 f.

⁴³ Now in Lincoln Museum; Mr. D. F. Petch kindly sent it for drawing.

⁴⁴ Mr. S. S. Frere kindly submitted this item and nos. 36, 39, 40, and 43 (below).

⁴⁵ Benseler-Pape, Eigennamen does not give this name.

⁴⁶ Mr. D. F. Petch kindly reported it.

⁴⁷ Now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. The finder, Mr. J. K. Knight, kindly sent it for study.

⁴⁸ Now in Guildhall Museum.

⁴⁹ Mr. M. J. Campen kindly sent it and a photograph.

⁵⁰ Mr. W. J. Williams kindly submitted it.

⁵¹ CIL VII, 324; JRS XVIII (1928), 212Google Scholar.