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Votive altar dedicated to Silvanus; place of discovery: Gilău (Cluj County); 2nd - 3rd century AD.

The altar is dedicated by Publius Aelius Maximus, sesquiplicarius in the Ala Siliana, stationed at Gilău.

The sesquiplicarii were paid one and a half pay, unlike ordinary soldiers. The graphic layout suggests the influence of cursive writing.

Inscription: Sil(vano) Dom(estico) / P(ublius) A(elius) Max[i]/mus s(es)q(uiplicarius).