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- Title
The Provenance of RIB 1389 and the Rebuilding of Hadrian's Wall in AD 158.
- Authors
Hodgson, Nick
- Abstract
RIB 1389 is an inscription, found in 1751, that records building work on Hadrian's Wall in ad 158. The stone is lost and there have long been doubts about its exact findspot. The source for the reading of the inscription and the discovery of the stone is a manuscript in the British Library. Re-examination of this shows that: 1. the inscription was found in the Newburn area (Wall Mile 8 or 9) and not near Heddon as is usually stated; 2. RIB 1389 certainly came from the curtain of Hadrian's Wall or one of its structures, and not from a fort; 3. there is a second contemporary illustration of the inscription which confirms that the previously published text is without doubt correct. The stone can be seen as part of a group of stones whose inscriptions indicate an extensive building operation. Given that it is now generally accepted that the Antonine Wall in Scotland was only held for a brief single period, the building programme of ad 158 can be seen as marking the decision to abandon Scotland and make a permanent return to the Wall on the southern isthmus.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ANCIENT inscriptions; HADRIAN'S Wall (England); ANTIQUITIES provenance; ROMAN antiquities in Great Britain; ANTONINE Wall (Scotland); ROMAN fortification; ROMAN Period, Great Britain, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
- Publication
Antiquaries Journal, 2011, Vol 91, p59
- ISSN
0003-5815
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003581511000072