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This particularly attractive funerary altar is that of a Roman priest. He was probably a local man, since Hispellum was assigned to the Lemonia tribe: see the inscription on the façade of S. Lorenzo. Based on the carving, a bit fussy but still crisp, I would guess a date sometime during the 2c A.D.?
It was once used as a holy water stoup. It is still near the front door of the church, thru the open door of which a telephoto lens caught it fairly well: as I mention elsewhere, inside the church photography is strictly forbidden.
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