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Roman stone inscription (Mithras)
Part of a cylindrical base with the left-hand side cut away.
[In]victo / [Mi]thrae / […]s Iustus / […le]g(ionis) II Aug(ustae) / [b(ene)] m(erenti) f(ecit)
‘To the invincible Mithras, the well-deserving, (…)s Justus, (…) of the Second Legion, set this up.’
The Mithraeum would have stood outside the fortress, but its site has yet to be located.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/26.20
Find Information
Site Name: Castle Villa (Baths), Caerleon
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1849
Notes: found in the bath-building outside the fortress near the east angle.
Acquisition
Donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
length / m:c. 11.43
width / m:c. 5.84
Material
stone
Location
Caerleon: Inscriptions (open display)
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