'An account of a Roman altar, with an Inscription upon it, found in April last (1752) at York, communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Mr Francis Drake F.R.S. As also a brief explication of the Inscription by Dr John Ward who read it to the Society the 7th December 1752.' Fols. 173r-175r (fol 175v blank).
Reference code
SAL/10/09/63
Title
'An account of a Roman altar, with an Inscription upon it, found in April last (1752) at York, communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Mr Francis Drake F.R.S. As also a brief explication of the Inscription by Dr John Ward who read it to the Society the 7th December 1752.' Fols. 173r-175r (fol 175v blank).
Date
7 December 1752
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Read 7 December 1752: Minute Book VII, fol. 29 (SAL/02/007/036). Also transcribed in ‘Register of Antiquitys’, pp.350-3 (SAL/10/10/067). Printed in Philosophical Transactions, Vol. XLVIII, item V (1753).
Creator
Ward, John (1678/9-1758), biographer and antiquary
Drake, Francis (1696-1771), surgeon, historian and antiquary
Drake, Francis (1696-1771), surgeon, historian and antiquary