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On various inscriptions Bindus is identified as the Roman god of seas and springs, i.e. with Neptune ("Bindo Neptuno sacrum").
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Among the Japodes (sic) around Bihać, altars were dedicated by leaders of the tribe to Bindus Neptunus, deity of the local spring (...)
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[Bindus's identification to Roman Neptune] justifies the conclusion that Bindus and Neptune stand very close together in their attributes as guardians of seas and waters.
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Both Bindus's connection with Neptune and iconographic features present in several figural images carved on some altars (such as a deity with Neptune's attributes – fish and a scepter, a Triton, a male goat) clearly testify to him being the god of waters.
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... Bindus, the god of water and fountains, who was assimilated with Roman Neptunus.
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The third altar clearly depicts the iconography of Neptune on one and Triton on other side. Obviously, Neptune's iconography (attributes: fish and a scepter) was also well suited to Bindus...
