The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a decorated and inscribed Romano-British bronze trulla of the 2nd c. CE. The inscription contains the names of four Roman forts of the Hadrian wall. British museum, nr. 2005,1204.1 [2048 x 1358]
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The Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a decorated and inscribed Romano-British bronze trulla of the 2nd c. CE. The inscription contains the names of four Roman forts of the Hadrian wall. British museum, nr. 2005,1204.1 [2048 x 1358]
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the inscription reads: MAIS OGGABATA VXELODVNVM CAMMOGLANNA RIGORE VALI AELI DRACONIS,
translation:
>‘On the line of the Wall [or the Aelian Wall], (the product or property) of Aelius Draco [or of Draco] …’ Then the names of four forts at the western end of Hadrian’s Wall, from west to east, identifiable as Bowness-on-Solway, Drumburgh, Stanwix, and Castlesteads.
>from [https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/Brit.35.24](https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/Brit.35.24)
in British museum [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2005-1204-1](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2005-1204-1)
photo by Portable Antiquities Scheme in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/1284840608/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/1284840608/)