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Monumentum

Decorated altar with Medusa from Apulum

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on one side with Medusa, on another with a vase, flowers, a bull's head, and a serpent; the front bears an inscription.
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 1865 ↔ CIMRM 1983

Altar in limestone (H. 0.45 Br. 0.255) found at Apulum, but the exact finding place is not known.

"In parva ara anaglyphis ornata in altero latere representatio Medusae, in altero vasculum floribus refertum, caput bovis et serpens, in tertio inscriptio est." Carlsburg in episcopio supra portam culinae.

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