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Monumentum

Torchbearer legs fragment from Wiesbaden

Fragment of a limestone altar from Wiesbaden, ancient Aquae Mattiacae, preserving the crossed legs of a torchbearer
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 1549 ↔ CIMRM 1233

Fragment of an altar in limestone (H. 0.18 Br. 0.11 D. 0.15–0.165). Inv. No. 365. Found "beim Abbruche eines Theiles des s.g. Heidenmauer" in 1865.

MMM II 381 No. 255; Lehner, Führ. Wiesbaden, 68 No. 365; Esp. Rec. Germ., 18f No. 21 and fig.

Only the lower part is preserved with the crossed legs of a torchbearer. Underneath it an inscription:

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