A tablet of basalt with Egyptian hieroglyphics was transported from thence to Portici, together with the following inscription, taken from the front gate of the chapel: N. POPIDUS N. F. CELSINUS. AEDEM ISIDIS TERRAE MOTU COLLAPSAM A FUNDAMENTO P. SUA RESTITUIT HUNC DECURIONES OB LIBERALITATEM CUM ESSET ANNORUM SEX ORDINI SUO GRATIS ADLEGERUNT.
The second of these inscriptions belongs to a time not much later than the founding of the colony. It tells that certain work was done by decree of the decuriones, and it can hardly refer to the ancient lower temple, but must mean either the upper one, or still another out on the new forum, for there is where the stone is reported to have been found.
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