Altar of Caelius Anicetus from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

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…