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We only mention the bronzes from Angleur, which are now kept in the Museum at Liege and of which Cumont has proved in full details (MMM II 427ff No. 316 with fig.), that they must have belonged to the decoration of a Mithras-sanctuary.
Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.
There is no reason to assign a sepulchral inscription from Besan<;on (CIL XIII 5384; Esperandieu inPA 1907,203; Thevenot in Ann. de Bourgogne XXI, 1949, 256f) with the title of mater sacrorum to the cult of Mithras.
"Au cours de sondages qu'il a opere au eimetiere sud-est, Vauthier a trouve l'extremite d'un flambeau tenu par une main, dans la pose exacte des dadophores, et une main tenant entre Ie pouce et l'index une petite offrande (fruit ?), qui evoque les mains trouvees dans Ie temple de Mithra.