Roman Tombstone, Lancaster

[Praefectusclassis]

And here's Insus.

[Vlad the Impala]

and with the head-- its even more unusual!

trying to think of a helmet which looks like that

looks like a turned back cuff on the sleeve.

horizontal shield grip

with a sword rather than spear and head taken.
even the horse looks rather more fierce than other cavalry tombstones!

[Vlad the Impala]

ALA2 Spaul lists
RIB 606 from Lancaster for Ala Augusta
L. Iulius Appollinaris another Trever

[Crispvs]

Longinus from Colchester, who was headless for many years, turned out to have a very similar head, when his face was found a year or two back, seen here: http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,94/

Well done Jasper on getting Insus onto the imagebase this quickly!

Crispvs

[Caballo]

Excellent news! D D Jasper, have sent you a PM.

Cheers

Caballo

[Uwe Bahr]

Hi Jasper,

fine work, I didn't realize before that the upper part of the stone with head has been found in the meantime. Face and helmet seem to be excellent preserved. I can't remember to another stone with such fine carved face details, You can even see the eye lines - phantastic; I am eagerly looking forward for pictures of the helmet that show it more from above.

Greets - Uwe

[Caballo]

For once- a happy ending D D

From todays Times:-
"Roman invader to stay in Britain
By Dalya Alberge






A Roman gravestone found in Lancaster last year has been saved for the nation.

The stone, almost 6ft in height, depicts a mounted trooper holding a sword and the head of a man he has just killed. It was unearthed by archaeologists before the start of development work in the city centre.



The purchase, by Lancaster City Museum, was made possible by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, among other sources."
url with pic http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2453700.html

I wonder whether the "other sources" include Her Majesty........?

Cheers

Caballo

[Praefectusclassis]

Most excellent!

[Tarbicus]

I'll be drinking to that sometime soon

[adamparsons]

Even better, the museum is 30 seconds walk from work and is free entry! woo hoo.

[Franklin]

David Shotter, one of the local experts consulted following the initial discovery, was my professor at Lancaster Uni.

[adamparsons]

He's a nice bloke isn't he, he is always in the archeaology unit where I work looking at coins for us since he has retired from teaching. Sorry, hijacked the thread a little here! :oops:

[Franklin]

The nicest. He was my personal favorite of the instructors I had there. I particularly remember a great trip he led to Vindolanda and Birdoswald.

I think that might have been his last year teaching (2003) and I suspect he had taken to giving out grades like candy. I recall making unusually high marks in that class with very little effort. Yet another reason he was my favorite!

[Viventius]

Guys, you're making me feel very old :lol: Doc Shotter taught on my partner's degree course at Lancaster Univ ... 1979-81 :!: My partner has nothing but good to say about him, btw, and was inspired enough to do coins for his BA dissertation.

Glad to hear the Lancaster tombstone will stay in this country