Gents Mag 1842 part 2 p.598

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1842 part 2 p.598
roman altar   Old Carlisle
	Roman Altar, Old Carlisle Hartburn, Morpeth. MR. URBAN, YOU will, I am sure, be glad to hear, that a Roman Altar has been lately found at OLENACUM, or Old Carlisle, concerning which I am enabled to send you an interesting Letter, and correct drawings, forwarded to me by the Rev. William Matthews, of Wigton Hall, proprietor of this celebrated station, and a Magistrate of the county of Cumberland. The only observation I would make is, that, on another consideration, he may find the puzzling lines on the first and second line were intended for FVLG.; for altars to "Juppiter Optimus Maximus Fulgerator" are far from uncommon, and even under the names of "Fulminator, Fulgurator, Tonans." On his emendations on the altars printed by Camden, and in Horsley, and noticed under Olenacum, numbers 6 and 12, in my last volume on Northumberland, I am very much indebted for his critical care and observations; and respecting his inquiry about a second edition on the Roman Antiquities I have published in that volume, I am happy to mention to himself and other Antiquarian scholars, that a very few copies of the whole of it may be obtained under the title of "THE ROMAN WALL and SOUTH TINDALE." Yours, &c. JOHN HODGSON. Wigton Hall, Aug. 5. DEAR SIR, I SEND you a drawing of an Altar which was found a few weeks ago in the bed of a small stream, which runs into the Wiza, a little to the south of the Roman Station at Old Carlisle. The letters upon it are very perfect, with the exception of those in the last line, which are injured to the extent shown in the drawing. I am unable to explain the abbreviation VLK; but the numeral VII expresses, I think, the number of times that Gordian was saluted Augustus, or Imperator, which terms, after the reign of Octavius, be-
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