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Monumentum

Arula of C. Iulius Helius the blacksmith from Rome

Small marble altar from the house of the guardian of the Cancelleria in Rome, dedicated to Sol Sacrum in fulfilment of a vow by C. Iulius Helius, a blacksmith, decorated with a urceus on the left and a patera on the right.

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Updated on May 2026

Arula marmorea in aedibus custodis Cancelleriae.Soli sacr(um) / C. Iulius / Helius / ferrarius / voto / suscepto / d(onum) d(edit).Left an urceus, right a patera.

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