Brothers active in Bingium
Mithraic monuments of Bingium
Mithräum II von Bingen
A possible Mithraeum II was found in Bingen, but the few remains are not sufficient to prove it.
CIMRM 1245
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
The altar of the Sun god belongs to the typology of the openwork altar to be illuminated from behind.
CIMRM 1241
Altar with inscription of Bingen
The monument was dedicated by two brothers, one of them being the Pater of his community.
CIMRM 1243
Petrogeny of Bingen
This sculpture of Mithras born from a rock was found in 1922 together with two altars in what was probably a mithraeum.
CIMRM 1240
Altar without inscription of Bingem
This small monument without inscription was found in Bingem, Germany.
CIMRM 1244
Inscriptions of Bingium
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) Soli / invicto Mitrae (sic!) / aram Privati Se/cundinus et Ter/tinus et Confinis / ex voto Privati / Tertini v(otum) s(olverunt) l(aeti) l(ibentes) m(erito)
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo invicto / Mytrhe (sic!) ara/m ex voto dei / de suo impen/dio instituer(unt) / A(ulus) Gratius Iuven/is pater sacroru/m et A(ulus) Gratius Po/tens m(iles) l(egionis) XXII mat/rica[ri]us fratres / dedic[aver]unt co(n)s(ule) Afri(cano).
In honour of the divine house, to the invincible god Mithras, the altar, following a vow to the god, at their own expense, Aulus Gratius Iuvenis, Fathers of the Rites, and Aulus Gratius Potens, soldier of the XXII legion, fire officer, erected it. The brothers dedicated it when (Marcus Pupienus) Africanus was consul.
References
- G. Behrens. Ein Mithräum in Bingen
