The so-called iovilae or iúvilas, discovered in the Fondo Patturelli sanctuary near the ancient city of Capua, are among the most evocative testimonies of the Oscan language that have come to us. Dated between the Fourth and Third Century BCE, these are sacred steles or markers, either in tuff or terracotta, with figurative decorations referring to deities, offerings, sacrifices and ceremonies. Among the texts of the inscriptions, in addition to the name of the dedicator, there are frequent references to the meddices, the high magistrates of Capua in office until 211 BCE, when the city paid for its support of Hannibal with definitive conquest by Rome.
The stele presented here, discovered in 1880, was engraved before firing on both sides with the typically Oscan name of the dedicator, Mina(tus) Nasenni(us). It was decorated with a representation of a boar one side, and on the other with a considerably deteriorated representation of a focaccia, clearly a reference to the ritual offerings presented at the Capuan sanctuary.