Gents Mag 1842 part 2 p.599

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1842 part 2 p.599 [be]came synonymous. I read the inscription thus:- I.O.M. ET VLK. Pro salute Domini Nostri Marci Antonini Gordiani Pii Felicis, Augusti septimum, magnam Aram Cohors prima Augusta dedit. If I read the last line correctly, this is the only Inscription recorded to have been found at Old Carlisle which make mention of a Cohort, and which in doing so distinctly informs us of what before was merely a matter of conjecture, - that the Ala Augusta was a military body composed of horse and foot. And this, it appears to me, is the only new historical information that can be gathered from it. After an attentive examination of the original, I am of opinion, that No.6, in your list of Inscriptions found at Old Carlisle, cannot be read otherwise than thus:- I.O.M Pro salute domini nostri Marci Antonini pii felicis Agusti - (Rufus Colegius cui Praefectus est) - Ala Agusta - Quartum Imperatore Antonino et Balbino secundum Consulibus. The peculiarities of this Inscription are - Cui Praefectus est, instead of Cu Praest, and Quartum before the name of the Consul, instead of after it; but it agrees fully with all similar Inscriptions found at Old Carlisle, in being dedicated by the Ala, and not its Praefect. Allow me to offer for your consideration a conjectural reading, somewhat different to yours, of No.12 in your Old Carlisle list:- Deae AEternae Romae Templum L. Vaternus Marcellus Restituit. Romae AEternae occurs in two Inscriptions found at Ellenborough; and this reading agrees tolerably with the remaining letters, and the probable dimensions of the stone when perfect. If correct drawings of this, and the preceding Inscription, would be of any use to you, I will endeavour to have them made, and send them to you. If my recollection does not deceive me, a wish was expressed in the Gentleman's Magazine, that you would publish that portion of your History of Northumberland which relates to Roman Antiquities in a separate form. Unfeignedly concurring in this wish, I remain, Dear Sir, yours truly, RICHARD MATTHEWS. Rev. John Hodgson, Hartburn, Northumberland.
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