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The description of the illustrations reads: "Altar dedicated to the deities Mars Thingsus, Beda and Fimmilena, by the German Tuihantian citizens (Front view.) [From Borcovicus] [No. 194]". The altar was found in the old Borcovicus [Vercovicium], now Housesteads, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Mars Thingsus is often interpreted as relating to or being the same figure as the West Germanic deity Ziu/Tiw, equal to the Norse deity Týr.
Full description at https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1593 (archive).

For another Tuihanti-altar from Vercovicium, see https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1594 (archive).
Date Altar found in 1883, dated A.D. 43-410 (provisional). Photograph published in 1907
Source Budge, Wallis E. A. 1907. An Account of the Roman Antiquities. Gilbert & Rivington. Page 190.
Author Artist unknown.
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current20:54, 1 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 20:54, 1 December 20081,243 × 3,418 (1.26 MB)HoltCorrect image. Unsure of the other one, will do more research.
18:49, 1 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 18:49, 1 December 2008395 × 591 (174 KB)HoltMissed that spot.
18:47, 1 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 18:47, 1 December 2008395 × 591 (174 KB)Holt{{Information |Description=The description of the illustrations reads: "Altar dedicated to the deities Mars Thingsus, Beda and Fimmilena, by the German Tuihantian citizens of the Cuneus of the Frisians [From Borcovicus] [No. 195]". The altar was found in
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