Mithraic monuments of Gimmeldingen
People attested in Gimmeldingen
Inscriptions from Gimmeldingen
Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
In h[onorem] d[omus] d[ivinae] / deo inviht[o] [sic] Midre [sic] / Maternin[i]us Faustinu[s] / carax [sic] fan[um] cum solo inviht[o] / in suo fecit c[ onsac]ratus XI k[alendis] Feb[ruariis].
Fanus [sic] consacrat[us] / per Potentianum / patrem co[n]s[ulibus] / Paulino et Iuliano /l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
Fanus [sic] consacrat[us] / per Potentianum / patrem co[n]s[ulibus] / Paulino et Iuliano /l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
In honour of the divine house, to the invincible god Mithras, Materninius Faustinus, Crow, consecrated a shrine with [a statue of] the invincible Sol, on his property [in suo], on the tenth day before the calendars of February. Sanctuary [fanum] consecrated by Potentianus, Father, the consuls being [Sextus Anicius Faustus] Paulinus and [Ionis] Iulianus, willingly, joyfully and justly.
Altar from Gimmeldingen by Faustinus
In h[onorem] d[omus] d[ivinae] / deo / invihto [sic] / Materninius / Fau[s]tinus carx [sic] / in suo posuit / [libens] l[aetus] m[erito].
In honour of the divine house, to the invincible god, Materninius Faustinus, Raven, placed [this altar] on his own land willingly, gladly and deservedly.
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
[De]o / [i]nviht[o] / [Fa]ustinus / [c]orax / [v]o[tum] s[olvit] /l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the Invincible God, Faustinus, Corax, willingly, gladly, and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen
V[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
Fulfilled vow willingly, gladly, and deservedly.
References
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen in EDCS
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen in EDCS
- David Walsh (2016) Development, decline and demise: The Cult of Mithras ca. A.D. 270-430.
- Eberhard Sauer (1999) The End of Paganism in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire. The exemple of the Mithras cult
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen in EDH
- Nicolas Amoroso, Laurent Bricault & Richard Veymiers (eds.) (2021) The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult

