Mithraic monuments of Volubilis
Altar from Meknès
Two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, have been found in Meknès, Morocco.
CIMRM 160
Plaque of Meknès
One of the two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, found in Meknès, Morocco.
CIMRM 161
Mithras inscriptions from Volubilis
Two inscriptions dedicated to Mithras found at Volubilis near the Fertassa aqueduct fountain, probably indicating the presence of a Mithraeum.
CIMRM 159
Brothers attested in Volubilis
Inscriptions from Volubilis
Altar from Meknès
I[nvicto] d[eo] M[ithrae] / Aur[elius] Nectore/ga [centurio] vex[illariorum] Brit[tonum] / Volubili / agentium / l[ibens] l[aetus] merito.
Plaque of Meknès
Pro salute et incolumitate imp[eratoris] Caesaris / L[ucii] Aeli[i] Aurel[ii] Commodi Pii invicti feli/cis Herculis Romani imperioque / eius Aur[elius] Nectorega [centurio] vex[illariorum] Britt[onum] / Volubili agentium sua pecunia / invicto posuit et d[e]d[icavit].
For the salvation and safeguard of the Emperor Caesar Augustus, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, pious, invincible, happy, Roman Hercules, and under his imperium, Aurelius Nectoreca, centurion of the Breton vexillation stationed at Volubilis, at his own expense, for the Invincible, has deposited and dedicated.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar from Meknès in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Plaque of Meknès in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar from Meknès in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Plaque of Meknès in EDCS
- Rebuffat René (1998) L'armée de Maurétanie Tingitane
