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Object number

LDSAL2020.15.53

Artist/Designer/Maker

Jones, J P - Author

Production date

Circa 1812

Production place

Cambridge

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink

Technique

Writing (Processes)
Handwriting

Dimensions

Height: 225mm
Width: 364mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

For the Society of Antiquaries

An account of Some Roman Monuments found near Cambridge. By J.P. Jones B.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
    The item is a letter on a folded sheet of paper, from J P Jones of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the Society of Antiquaries. The letter descibes the finding, by the Rev H Biden in 1812, of two inscribed stones quite close to each other on the road to Girton. One was thought to be erected by the fifth legion in honour of Constantius, eldest son of Constantine the Great. The other fragment (not part of the first), was to Noblissimus Caesar. The form of both stones is columnar, and some Roman pottery was found nearby. Both stones were given to the University of Cambridge.