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Graffito "Dominus Sol hic avitat" from the Caseggiato del Sole

Graffito on a wall of the Caseggiato del Sole adjacent to the Mitreo dei Serpenti at Ostia, reading "Dominus Sol hic avitat" (Lord Sun dwells here).

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Graffito, inscribed by the possessor of a simple dark room, on a wall of the Caseggiato del Sole (Reg. V, Is. VI, I); this house is situated annex to the Mitreo dei Serpenti (Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 125ff, fig. 24 and pl. XXXVIII, 4) (L.H. 0.02–0.04).Dominus Sol / hic avitat.avitat: abitat.

CIMRM II 298
avitat: (h)abitat. For Dominus Sol cf. No. 583 and 753.

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