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Monumentum

Fire-basin of Marcus Bellius from Königshoffen

Square sandstone fire-basin from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, found with remnants of pitch still adhering to its interior, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Marcus Bellius.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2249 ↔ CIMRM 1370

Square fire-basin in sandstone found near 12. Remnants of pitch are still visible in it. In the front an inscription.

Forrer, MH 32f and Pl. IX, 5; CIL XIII, 11615.

D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / M(arcus) Bellius T... / v(otum) s(olvit) [l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito)].

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