Gents Mag 1829 part 2 p.357

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1829 part 2 p.357
roman tomb   Carlisle
	Roman Tomb, Carlisle ROMAN ANTIQUITIES NEAR CARLISLE. As the cutting down of Gallow-hill, near Carlisle proceeds, many interesting remains of former ages are brought to light; but especially memorials of the dominion of the Romans, whose chief northern stations, as is well known, were in this district. A discovery was made lately, of a well-executed and neatly designed Roman tomb, in fine preservation, five feet four inches long, and two feet nine inches and a half wide. It contained a female figure, in alto relievo, three feet in length, holding in her left hand a rudely sculptured flower; in her right a scarf, or some emblematical ornament, which is thrown over the shoulder. Underneath is the inscription: 'D. M. Avr. aurelia vixit annos xxxxi: mil. Pius Apolinaris coniugi carissime posuit.' Probably:- Diis Manibus Aureliae. Aurelia vixit annos 41: Memoriae loco Pius Apolinaris conjugi carissimaae posuit.' Near the stone was also discovered a roughly executed capital of a Corinthian column, 24 inches by 10, in red free-stone; also six Roman urns, of various dimensions, (one of them full of ashes), a lachrymatory, and three jet rings; the largest three inches in diameter, and in an extraordinary perfect state.
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