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  • Volunteer delighted to uncover very rude Ancient Roman graffiti at Vindolanda

    06/01/2022 11:42:44 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 27 replies
    Chronicle Live (UK) ^ | May 27, 2022 | Daniel Hall
    Dylan Herbert uncovered a stone with a drawing of a phallus and an insult - with it expected to amuse visitors for many years to come...Earlier this year, a Roman Altar from the 3rd century AD was uncovered, thought to be from a similar time period to the most recent discovery. Though this one is quite a lot ruder!Not only was there a drawing, but the 40 x 15cm stone is also engraved with SECVNDINVS CACOR, making the graffiti a very personal insult. Specialists in Roman epigraphy, Drs Alexander Meyer, Alex Mullen and Roger Tomlin, recognised it as a mangled...