CIMRM 1591-1592 - White marble altar. Ptuj III, Slovenia.

CIMRM entry

1591.
White marble altar (H. 1.02 Br. 0.54 D. 0.35) found near 5. Inv. No. 295.
Abramic, 180f No. 243 and fig. 127; AIJ I, 148f No. 315 and fig. See figs. 406- 407.
On its r. side naked Sol standing on a protruding stone base. His head is surrounded by twelve rays; in his upraised r.h. a whip and in his outstretched l.h. a globe. Behind him four heads of horses in clouds indicate his quadriga.
On the l. side a person with a corona muralis on his head. He holds a cornucopia in his l.h. and with his r.h. he is pouring out a patera above an altar.
On its front is the inscription No. 1592.
On either side of the focus, which is decorated with akroteria, a lying lion.
1592.
L.H.0.045.
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro salute / tesserarior(um) / et custod(um) ar/mor(um) leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) / et XIII gemin(a)e Gallienarum.
"Die tesserarii und custodes armorum haben mehr militärische Obliegenheiten; jenen nämlich war die tagliche Ausgabe und wahrung der Parole (durch die tessera) anvertraut worden, diese waren Verwalter des Waffendepots (Abramic)."