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Monumentum

Deus Invictus altar from Sidi Okba

Altar serving as a column base, dedicated to Deus Invictus by M. Messius Messor, prefect of a cohort, found in the house of the sheik near Lambaesis at Sidi Okba.

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Inscription on an altar, serving as a base for a column in the house of the sheik. Near Lambaesis. CIL VIII 2483; MMM II No. 535.Deo / invicto / M. M[e]ssius / Messor / praef(ectus) co(hortis) / pro sua sa/lute et suo/rum denuo / constituit.

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