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Monumentum

Marble base of Atilius Bassus from Ostia

Small marble base dedicated by C. Atilius Bassus, freedman and apparator of a priest of the Great Mother, to Silvanus dendrophoris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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12 Jun 2026

Updated on Jun 2026

Parvus cippus marmoreus.CIL XIV 53; MMM II No. 560b.C. Atilius Bassi sa(cerdotis) lib(ertus) Felix appa/rator M(atris) d(eum) m(agnae) signum / Silvani dendrophoris / Ostiensibus d(onum) d(edit).apparator: see index s.v.

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