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Monumentum

Altar to Fonte dei from Ulmetum

Limestone altar fragment from the apsidal construction at Ulmetum, Moesia Inferior, bearing a partially preserved inscription mentioning fonte dei — the spring of the god; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.
 
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28 May 2026
Fragment of an altar in limestone (H. 0.35 D. 0.20–0.28) found in the north corner of the apsidal construction at Ulmetum.Parvan in AAcRom (S. II) XXXVI, 1913, 392 No. 29 and Pl. IX, 2.. . . . fonte / dei.It is not absolutely certain that the fragment is Mithraic. For fons see epigraphical index.

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