NMS Archaeology Object 141794: X.FX 337 - Altar / fake


Description

Summary


Fake altar from Camelon, Stirlingshire


Accession Number


X.FX 337


Other references

Not recorded1904 p. 229

Original description

CAMELON COLLECTION. Small inscribed altar, 26" high, 10 1/4" across the top, the edges broadly bevelled, MILITES L.II.,^ DIE VIRT L.M. FJH note, July 1999: [In the course of notifying that X.FX 335 is fake] Note also that FX 337 is a fake. See RIB 2346 for details.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1904

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

Image of Fake altar from Camelon, Stirlingshire © National Museums Scotland
Image of Fake altar from Camelon, Stirlingshire © National Museums Scotland

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