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Monumentum

Aion-type altar from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Large limestone altar from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, with a hole in the base probably designed to hold a cult object; the detailed iconographic programme of this altar is notable within the Aquincum Mithraic assemblage.

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27 May 2026

Altar (H. 1.20 Br. 0.43–0.465). Budapest, National Museum (Inv. No. 459). Found near the Krempelmühle.Kuzsinsky, Aquincum, 164ff No. 459 and fig. 129; Kuzsinsky in BpR XII, 1937, 115 No. 38 and fig. 42; BpTört., II, Pl. LXIII, 1. See figs. 455–457.In the lower part of the base is a hole probably for a vase containing water because in its r. side there is a small opening for a watertube.The front of the base has an inscription; the l. side is decorated with a bird which has a dart in its beak; on the r. side of the base is a lion with a ram between his forefeet.Upon the base and above…

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