M0008035: Part of an altar from a Roman fort at Hadrian's Wall
- Date:
- July 1941
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/69/42
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Photograph of a section of a Roman altar found at Borcovicus (also known as Vercovicium, Borcovicium, and Velurtion and today known as Housesteads Roman Fort), Northumberland, England. It is inscribed to a physician. The negative was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from the Black Gate Museum, Newcastle, in February 1937.
Publication/Creation
July 1941
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.5 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request