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Paper, 'An explication of a Roman inscription found not long since on a stone in Sichester' by John Ward

Reference number: L&P/1/332

Date: 1744

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Contains large full-size inscription of stone in question.

Subject: Antiquaries

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An explication of a Roman inscription found not long since on a stone at Silchester in Hamshire: By John Ward, Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and F. R. S'

Read 13 December 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/332
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1744
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ward

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John Ward, Paper, 'An explication of a Roman inscription found not long since on a stone in Sichester' by John Ward, 1744, L&P/1/332, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_332/paper-an-explication-of-a-roman-inscription-found-not-long-since-on-a-stone-in-sichester-by-john-ward, accessed on 12 December 2024

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