{Inscription on a plaque at the base of the statue:}
Deus Lunus late Roman work brought from Egypt.
This badly deteriorated statue could be anyone. We have found a reference to it as a statue of a barbarian. It was dug up by British troops in Alexandria, Egypt in 1801, and shipped to London.
SE18, Number 1 Street, Woolwich Arsenal
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Deus Lunus
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