Base for a statue of Mars

Excavated in 1864 in a lime kiln to the east of Ostia. Found together with a base for a statue of Terra Mater, Benndorf-Schöne 1867, nr. 585.
Date: 15 May 143 AD. W. 0.43, h. 0.22, d. 0.43.

T(itus) ANNIVS LVCVLLVS VIVIR AVG(ustalis) IDEM Q(uin)Q(uennalis) HONORATVS SIGNVM MARTIS DENDROPHOR(is) OSTIENSIVM D(ono) D(edit) DEDICAVIT ID(ibus) MAI(is) TORQVATO ET HERODE CO(n)S(ulibus)

Inv. nr. 10708. Formerly Museo Lateranense. Benndorf-Schöne 1867, nr. 566. CIL XIV, 33. EDR144035. Arachne 21302. Photo: Arachne.