Stone fragment with carvings
- Description
- This stone fragment is decorated with an axe, and two animal knucklebones which were used in gambling. It was found among the foundations of Exeter’s basilica building but was probably originally part of an altar from the legionary bath-house.
- Accession Loan No.
- 24/2005/4/3
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Common Name
- stone fragment with carvings
- Simple Name
- architectural fragment; altar
- Full Name
- carved stone depicting an axe beside two objects ?astragali, possibly part of an altar
- Dimensions
- whole W 480 mm; whole height 200 mm; whole depth 240 mm
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Family Group
- Material
- stone
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Site Name
- Cathedral Close
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
