M0008035: Part of an altar from a Roman fort at Hadrian's Wall

Photograph of a section of a Roman altar found at Borcovicus (also known as Vercovicium, Borcovicium, and Velurtion and today known as Housesteads Roman Fort), Northumberland, England. It is inscribed to a physician. The negative was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from the Black Gate Museum, Newcastle, in February 1937.

July 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.