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(red sandstone). Carved in relief on a block 22½ inches high by 24 inches wide. Compare also figure No. 169. p. 79. Catalogue of the Roman Inscribed and Sculptured stones in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, by F. Haverfield, Chester 1900.

Dr. Colley March writes with respect to it: "It is undoubtedly Mithraic. The Phrygian cap, the inverted torch, the weary posture, point to a setting sun, to the western solar phase. The caviform niche is worth notice. The sculpture is perhaps, only part of a larger scheme."

Such figures also occur on sepulchral monuments in Germany. A Frisian centurial stone was also found in Hulme, which is suggestive.