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Monumentum

Altar from Rome by Mnester and Philetus

This marble altar was found ’in the street called di Branco’, behind the palace of the Cardinal of Bologna, in Rome.
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The New Mithraeum
9 Jul 2024
Updated on May 2026
Ara marmorea in domo quadam quae est a dextra vici Iudaeorum in platea vulgo di Branco paulo post palatium Cardinalis di Bologna.
Deo / invicto / Mithrae / C(aius) Lucretius Mnester / M(arcus) Aemilius Philetus / summag(istri) anni primi / M(arcus) Aemili Chrysanti / d(e) s(uo) d(onum) d(ederunt).
Left: ears; right: poppies.

A marble altar in a certain house that is to the right of the street of the Jews in the street commonly called di Branco, just beyond the palace of the Cardinal of Bologna.

The ara comes from Rome, from the house of Francesco della Porta. The inscription confirms…

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