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Altar of Sacellus to Deo Soli invicto from Carnuntum

Small sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by a dedicant whose name reads Sacellus; found in the Burgfeld in 1878.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1731 ↔ CIMRM 1712

Altar in sandstone (H. 07 Br. 0.11 D. 0.10), found "Im Burgfeld" in 1878. Museum Carnuntinum (Inv. No.1. 356).

CIL III 11147; MMM II No. 396; Vorbeck, Zivilinschr., No. 257.

L.H. 0.015.

[De]o Soli / [i]nvicto / posuiit (sic!) / [S]acellus(?).

CIL reads [d]ivino but [i]nvicto is a new interpretation of Dr. E. Vorbeck (communication). For tiffe Vorbeck reads [S]acellus(?). I could not verify this text in person. Second century.

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