Altar

Altar

Object name: Altar
Date: 200-300
Dimensions:
210 x 145 x 110 mm
Medium: Limestone
Object number: C15231
DescriptionVotive altar inscribed "...CASSIANUS/POSVIT..." ("To the god... Cassianus set up this altar"). It may originally have been surmounted by a carved figure. It was found in a Roman well during excavations under Southwark Cathedral in 1977.
Culture: Story of Southwark