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 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON an architectural fragment in the form of a scroll, and two inscriptions, all of which are now in the British Museum. The two latter are (i), a cippus^ 6 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 6 in., inscribed A. ALFID. POMP A. Alfidijus) Po7np[tina OLVSSA . EXTES Olussa . Ex tes- Above the inscription, TAMENTO . HER tamento herei a rose ; below, a wreath. POS . ANNOR . LXX pos{uit). Annor{iirn) Ixx NA ATIENI na[tus) Jt{h)eni[s ? H . s . EST h{ic) s{itus) est '' {2) Dis Dis ANIBVS Tn^anlbus . . . AB. ALPINI CLASSICIANI. . F~ab[it) Alpini Clasnciani, Both are probably of the second century lllus. Rom. Land. pp. 27-8, pi. 3 ; Arch. "Journ. x, 4 ; yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, viii, 241 ; Corp. Inscr. Latin, vii, 29, 30 ; see above, p. 26]. In the buttress of the Wall was found a piece of stucco, on which was painted in red svp [Illus. Rom. Lond. 28 ; Corp. Inscr. Latin, vii, 35 ; now lost]. In 1882 a length of the Wall (73 ft.) was removed in making the Inner Circle Railway (Plan C, 4-6), and foundations of buildings and a red tessellated pavement (Plan C, 4) on a bed of concrete, with substructure of oak piling, were unearthed Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxviii, 447 ; Arch. Rev. i, 355 ; see p. 51]. A fragment of tile from the Wall was found at the back of Trinity Square at the same time yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxviii, 206, 232]. On the Wall here, see also Wheatley and Cunningham, Lond. Past and Present, ii, 433. Tower Royal. — See Cannon Street. Tower Street. — In 1795 a mortarium was found at a depth of 10 ft. near Allhallows Church, AV RN with the stamp _Arch. xii, 413, pi. 51 ; Corp. Inscr. Latin, vii, 1334, 13 ; Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. XXV, 484 ; Allen, Hist, of Lond. , 29]. In 1855 three glass bottles and part ofa glass jug were discovered, with fragments of Gaulish pottery yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xlii, 236]. Pottery in British Museum (fragment of German ware with stamp of Florentinus and fragment of Romano-British painted ware) ; also a piece of elaborately-coloured glass [I//us. Rom. Lond. 123]. In the Guildhall, a glass vessel Cat. i ; see above, p. 10]. Trinity Lane, Great Queen Street (Plan C, 187). — During the making ofa sewer' portions of immense walls with occasional layers of bond-tiles ' were met with, and some exhibited remains of fresco-painting ^ourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, i, 254]. Bronze mirror in British Museum (Roach Smith, found 1844). Trinity Square. — See Tower Hill. Vine Street, Minories (Plan C, 8, 9). — On a portion of the Roman Wall seen here, see p. 52 and Arch, xl, 299, where Dr. Woodward's letter to Wren is quoted ; he calls the site ' the Vineyard,' but probably means Vine Street. An illustration of the Wall here is given in Hartridge's Coll. Newspaper Cuttings, Old Lond. i, 279. See also America Square. Walbrook (Plan C, 210). — A two-handled vase found in 1833 is said to be in the Guildhall Museum [Arch, xxvi, 375 ; described as a capedo or capeduncula']. In 1852 a black earthen lamp, found among fragments of ' cinerary urns,' and bones of animals were reported _Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, ix, 43]. In 1878 was found part of a deversorium of red glazed ware, about 8|in. in diameter, with lion's-head spout [ibid, xxxiv, 133]. In the collection of Mr. W. Ransom, at Hitchin, are three well-known pieces of sculp- ture (Figs. 58, 59, and 60), which are stated to have been found in Bond Court in 1889, at a depth of 20 ft., together with bronze pins and fragments of Gaulish ware. The find, however, is not absolutely authenticated, as the present owner did not see them found, or obtain them on the spot ; but they may probably be regarded as actual finds, imported in Roman times, not recently ; we shall see that there are good grounds for attributing two of them at least to a foreign origin. These two are sculptures in marble of a foreign kind, and far surpass in work- manship and artistic excellence the average Romano-British products. Prof. Haverfield points out that in subject, detail, and treatment they ' belong to the classical world, and indeed to the Greek rather than to the Roman or the Roman-provincial part of it.' The first represents the upper part (with head) of 'a bearded figure, reclining in the manner usual to a sea- or river-god in ancient art, and having against the right shoulder a fragment of a reed or rush, probably held in the right hand, now lost. The hair of both head and beard is ^ 'A. Alfidius Olussa, of the Pomptine tribe. Erected by his heir after the terms of the will. Aged 70 ; born at Athens (?) ; he Ties here.'