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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:PC.992 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name altar, mother goddess Description Remains of a large altar found when making a sewer in Balkerne Lane in 1881. Production period Roman Inscription Content Matribus / Suelvis / Similis Atti F[illius] / Ci[vis] Cant[iacus] / V L S Inscription Translation To the Mother Goddesses Sulevia, Similis the son of Attus, A citizen of the Cantiaci (Kent), willingly and deservedly fulfils his vow. Material stone, stone Dimensions width: 58.00 cm height: 125.00 cm depth: 50.00 cm Location On Display - Castle, Colchester Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:PC.992
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

altar, mother goddess
Description

Remains of a large altar found when making a sewer in Balkerne Lane in 1881.
Production period

Roman
Inscription Content

Matribus / Suelvis / Similis Atti F[illius] / Ci[vis] Cant[iacus] / V L S
Inscription Translation

To the Mother Goddesses Sulevia, Similis the son of Attus, A citizen of the Cantiaci (Kent), willingly and deservedly fulfils his vow.
Material

stone, stone
Dimensions
Location

On Display - Castle, Colchester

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