Monumentum
Altar to Sol Invictus from Bu-Gnem
Limestone keystone dedicated to the invincible Sun by Peticius Pastor and preserved at Lepcis Magna.
The New Mithraeum
21 Dec 2025
Updated on May 2026
Giacomo Caputo writes us about an inscription, discovered at the Roman Fort of Bu-Ngem by the British School at Rome: "e su chiave d’arco".It is a dedication to Sol invictus by a Peticius Pastor.
CIMRM II 116
'Keystone of an arch (0.36–0.31 × 0.33 × 0.31) of dark limestone, inscribed within a narrow border.' Lepcis, Museum.IRT 228 No. 917.L.H. 0.035–0.04.Soli / invicto / sac(rum) Peti(cius) Past(or) m(erito) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) a(nimo).
CIMRM II 116
'Keystone of an arch (0.36–0.31 × 0.33 × 0.31) of dark limestone, inscribed within a narrow border.' Lepcis, Museum.IRT 228 No. 917.L.H. 0.035–0.04.Soli / invicto / sac(rum) Peti(cius) Past(or) m(erito) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) a(nimo).
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