Altar dedicated to Magna Mater and Attis by Lucius Cornelius Scipio Orfitus
Grechetto marble.
295 CE.
110 × 60 cm.
CIL VI 506 = CIL VI 30782. Inv. No. S 1912.Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, GalleryPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

Altar dedicated to Magna Mater and Attis by Lucius Cornelius Scipio Orfitus.

Grechetto marble.
295 CE.
110 × 60 cm.
CIL VI 506 = CIL VI 30782.
Inv. No. S 1912.

Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Gallery
(Roma, Musei capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Galleria).

Rome, Via Appia.
Origin:
Rome, Via Appia, vigna Bernabò (between San Sebastiano and the Tomb of Caecilia Metella), 1745.
Until 1818 in the Vatican Museums.
Description:
Restauri: modanature superiori, angolo superiore dx, frammento sul lato dx, bordo sx in alto.

CIL VI 506

Matri deum Magnae et Attidi Lucius Cornelius Scipio Orfitus vir clarissimus augur ex voto taurobolio sive criobolio facto

Literature:
Stuart Jones Cap., p. 114, n. 40a, tav. 34a.
Pietrangeli, Monumenti dei Culti Orientali, p. 49, n. 5.
CIL VI n. 506 = 30782.
Helbig4 n. 1421.
Credits:
(сс) 2005. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
2005. Text: museum information (B).
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